"rub" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

rub verbo

rub + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 58
rub shoulders • rub elbows • rub one's hands • rub one's eyes • rub one's chin • rub one's nose • rub one's face • rub one's head • ...
verbo + rub
Kolokacji: 10
begin rubbing • keep rubbing • begin to rub • start rubbing • stop rubbing • ...
rub + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
rub off • rub against • rub up • rub out • rub down • ...
rub + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 35
rub together • gently rub • rub raw • absently rub • rub away • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(2) gently, lightly, softly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) vigorously, briskly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) hard, firmly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) unconsciously, sleepily
Kolokacji: 2
(8) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
1. simply rub = po prostu potrzyj simply rub
2. merely rub = jedynie potrzyj merely rub
  • At the time, the Packers thought Switzer was merely rubbing their faces in yet another humiliating loss to the Cowboys, their seventh straight at Texas Stadium.
  • If you are merely rubbing your vanity to relieve a soreness, please defer it.
  • Data raised his pet, who merely rubbed herself against Picard's leg.
  • Lestat merely rubbed his hands.
  • A fine victory for Northampton, but in a way it merely rubbed salt into their self-inflicted wounds.
  • (Actually, it turns out the Inuit were not merely rubbing noses, they were smelling each other's cheeks).
  • Donna was merely rubbing my shoulders.
  • The man put out a hand and Kevin flinched, but the man merely rubbed him gently on the shoulder.
  • The fact the hosts did not even have to call on their usual first-choice goalkicker, Ian Humphreys, who was nursing a sore hamstring, merely rubbed salt in East Midlands' wounds.
  • The air of the place was a sublime intoxication, and yet its enchantment merely rubbed into our souls the shame of our wretched physical condition.
(10) tenderly, affectionately
Kolokacji: 2

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