rub
verb (used with object)
to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing.
well-rubbed
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a word derived from
rub.
Example Sentences
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Her fictions sit on the page with the well-rubbed assurance of fact, as if their details were calmly agreed upon, and long established.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 17, 2014
All about me was spotless and bright—scoured floor, polished grate, and well-rubbed chairs.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Damp some powder and rub it on a small piece of dry cotton cloth or well-rubbed brown paper.
From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson
Well-cleaned and well-rubbed, his house should also be every day fumigated with the smoke of clarified butter poured on his sacred fire in honour of the deities and the Pitris.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
He won't then," little Bilham continued to remark, "be my pleasant well-rubbed old-fashioned volume at all.
From The Ambassadors by Henry James
