Usually means: Applied pressure using a back-and-forth motion.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 20 dictionaries that define the word rubbed:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rubbed: Merriam-Webster
  2. rubbed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rubbed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rubbed: Vocabulary.com
  5. Rubbed, rubbed: Wordnik
  6. rubbed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. rubbed: Wiktionary
  8. Rubbed, rubbed: Dictionary.com
  9. rubbed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Rubbed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Rubbed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. rubbed: FreeDictionary.org
  13. rubbed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rubbed: Legal dictionary
  2. rubbed: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rubbed: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rubbed: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rubbed: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rubbed: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Paper Making (No longer online)

(Note: See rub as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rubbed)

adjective:  (cooking) Having had a substance applied through rubbing.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Colors:
    burnt sienna,     rust,     mahogany,     chestnut,     copper, more...




Words similar to rubbed

Usage examples for rubbed

Idioms related to rubbed

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular nouns described by rubbed

Words that often appear near rubbed

Rhymes of rubbed

Invented words related to rubbed

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Colors:
    burnt sienna,     rust,     mahogany,     chestnut,     copper, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux