rug

See also rúg

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain; compare Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), Old Norse rogg, English rough.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rŭg, IPA: /rʌɡ/, X-SAMPA: /rVg/
• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

rug (plural rugs)

1. A partial covering for a floor.
2. (UK, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
   • 1855, William Howitt, A Boy′s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert′s Note-Book, page 254,

     They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.

   • 1906 July 27, Government Gazette of Western Australia, page 2297,

     Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug, and, in winter time, not less than one additional rug.

   • 1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia, Volume 22, page 181,

     My own son had a bunny rug of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny rug to suck his finger with.″

   • 1997, Alan Sharpe, Vivien Encel, Murder!: 25 True Australian Crimes, page 22,

     He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay down by the fire.

3. (slang) A wig; a hairpiece.

Usage notes

• (partial floor covering): The terms rug and carpet are not precise synonyms: a rug covers part of the floor; a carpet covers most or a large area of the floor; a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall.

Synonyms

• (small carpet):: carpet, mat
• (wig):: toupee, wig

Derived terms

• area rug
• cut a rug
• scatter rug
• snug as a bug in a rug

Translations

small carpet

• Arabic: سجادة (ar) (sajjaada) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地毯 (cmn) (dìtǎn), 毯 (cmn) (tǎn)

• Czech: kobereček (cs) m
• Danish: måtte (da) c, tæppe (da) n
• Dutch: tapijt (nl)
• Esperanto: tapiŝeto (eo), mato (eo)
• Finnish: matto (fi)
• French: tapis (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Teppich (de) m, Brücke (de) f
• Hindi: ग़ालीचा (hi) (ġālīca) m
• Italian: tappeto (it), tappetino (it)
• Japanese: ラグ (ja) (ragu)
• Korean: 깔개 (ko) (kkalgae)

• Macedonian: тепих (tépih) m, ќилим m
• Persian: قالیچه (fa) (qâliče)
• Portuguese: tapete (pt) m, tapetinho (pt) m
• Russian: коврик (ru) (kóvrik) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тепих (sh) m, ћилим (sh) m

  Roman: tepih (sh) m, ćilim (sh) m

• Slovene: preproga (sl) f
• Spanish: tapete (es) m, alfombra (es) f, alfombrilla (es) f
• Swahili: kitamba (sw)
• Swedish: matta (sv) c
• Taos: hálgoną
• Urdu: غالیچہ (ur) (ġālīca) m, قالیچہ (ur) (qālīca) m

Verb

rug (third-person singular simple present rugs, present participle rugging, simple past and past participle rugged)

1. (Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Derived terms

• rug up

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

External links

• rug in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• rug in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• rug at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• GRU

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Afrikaans

Noun

rug

1. back (the rear of body)

This Afrikaans entry was created from the translations listed at back. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see rug in the Afrikaans Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Danish rugh, from Old Norse rugr.

Noun

rug c (singular definite rugen, not used in plural form)

1. rye (Secale cereale)

Verb

rug

1. imperative of ruge

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. More at ridge.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏx
• IPA: /rʏx/

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Noun

rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje or rugje)

1. (anatomy) back
2. (geology) ridge

Derived terms

• rugvin
• rugzak

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ·ruc, prototonic form of ro·ucc, perfect tense of beirid.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɾˠʊɡ]

Verb

rug

1. past tense of beir

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Manx

Verb

rug (verbal noun ruggal, past participle ruggit)

1. to bear (give birth to)

Synonyms

• behr
• ymmyrk

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Norwegian

rug

Noun

rug m

1. rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)

This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at rye. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see rug in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2010

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin rogus.

Noun

rug n (plural ruguri)

1. pyre

Etymology 2

From Latin rubus (“bramble, briar”)

Noun

rug m (plural rugi)

1. bramble

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ᵲuɡ̊]

Verb

rug

1. Past tense of beir