1.b> 1) (), ; ; ; he had hurt his leg and was rubbing it / ; he rubbed her hands together to warm them , [.i> .i> ]; she yawned and rubbed her eyes i> ; he rubbed himself dry with a towel ; she rubbed her chin thoughtfully ; rub the stain with a damp cloth ;
2) i> (), ; the cat rubbed itself against my leg ; we tried to make a fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together ;
2.b> (); i> ; she rubbed the lotion into her skin ; rub the butter into the flour ;
3.b> (on, against) (; ), , (i>); these new shoes are rubbing against my heels ; the horse's neck was rubbed raw / ;
tob> rubb> (it / smth. /) inb> ( ) (), i> ( / ) ; I know I should have been more careful, but there's no need to keep rubbing it in , ;
to rub offb> 1) (.i> to rub smth. off smth.) ( ) () / / ; he rubbed the mud off his face ; some of the gold paint had begun to rub off / ;
2) (.i> to rub off on / onto / smb.) / / ( ) () / ; her confidence rubbed off on the others ;
to rub outb> 1) (.i> to rub smth. out) () (), ( ..i>); to rub out a mistake i> ;
2) (.i> to rub smb. out) .i> .i> () ();
to rub salt into the wound / into smb.'s wounds /b> ; " "; to rub shoulders /b> .i> .i> elbows / with smb.b> ; / ; to rub (one's) handsb> ( , ..i>) [.i> .i> 1 1)].
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