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Definition of rub down

manually manipulate (someone''s body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"
wear away

Similar Words: massage, knead, abrade, corrade, abrase, rub off

Hyponyms: chafe, excoriate, rasp

Entailments: rub

Derivational Morphology: rubdown, massage, massager, abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition, scratch, scrape, excoriation, grinding, abrasive, abradant, abrasive material, abrader

Anagrams: rubdown

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