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rubbing (root: rub)
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rubbing, n.
1 in senses of RUB(1) v.
2 an impression or copy made by rubbing (see RUB(1) v. 10).
1 in senses of RUB(1) v.
2 an impression or copy made by rubbing (see RUB(1) v. 10).
THESAURUS
rubbing
apograph, brushing, carbon, carbon copy, caressing, companion, confrication, contacting, contingent, copy, dead ringer, double, duplicate, duplication, effigy, exact likeness, feeling, fellow, fiche, fingering, frication, fricative, friction, frictional, frottage, glancing, grazing, handling, hectography, icon, idol, image, impingent, impinging, in contact, likeness, living image, living picture, manifold, manipulation, match, mate, meeting, microcopy, microfiche, microform, mimeography, miniature, mirroring, model, nudging, osculatory, palpation, perfrication, petting, photograph, picture, portrait, pressure, recording, reduplication, reflection, reproduction, reprography, resemblance, rub, semblance, shadow, similitude, simulacrum, spit and image, spitting image, stroking, tangent, tangential, tenor, touching, trace, tracing, transcript, transcription, transfer, twin, very image, very picture, xerographyROGET THESAURUS
rubbing
Friction
N friction, attrition, rubbing, abrasion, scraping, confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub, elbow grease, rosin, massage, roughness, rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction, anatriptic, attrite.For further exploring for "rubbing" in Webster Dictionary Online