rug
Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌɡ/
The English word “rug” has 13 meanings listed here.
noun
- A partial covering for a floor.
- A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
- A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
- A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
- A person wearing a rug.
- A cloth covering for a horse.
- A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
- The female pubic hair.
- A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
- A wig; a hairpiece.
- A dense growth of chest hair.
verb
Etymology
Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse…
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