rug
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Origin uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin, compare dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess; tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), related to English rag and rough.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rug (plural rugs)
- A partial covering for a floor. [1624]
- (Britain, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. [1591]
- 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.″
- 1958, Arthur Hailey, John Castle. Runway Zero-Eight. Bantham Books
- She tucked in a rug round the woman. “How’s that?” The woman nodded gratefully.
- 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.
- 1855, William Howitt, A Boy′s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert′s Note-Book, page 254,
- (historical, now rare) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. [1547]
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- They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.
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- (historical, now rare) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze. [1577]
- (obsolete, rare) A person wearing a rug. [1627]
- A cloth covering for a horse. [1790]
- (obsolete, rare) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops. [1792]
- (slang) The female pubic hair. [1893]
- A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
- (slang) A wig; a hairpiece. [1940]
- (colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair. [1954]
Usage notes[edit]
- (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.
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Verb[edit]
rug (third-person singular simple present rugs, present participle rugging, simple past and past participle rugged)
- (Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
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Adjective[edit]
rug (comparative more rug, superlative most rug)
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.
(See the entry for rug in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Further reading[edit]
- 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
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Noun[edit]
rug (plural rûe or rûens, diminutive ruggie)
Aromanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin rubus. Compare Romanian rug.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
rug m (plural rudz)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably a semi-learned term or borrowing from Latin rogus, as with its Romanian cognate rug (or modeled after it). Less likely inherited.
Noun[edit]
rug m (plural rudz)
- funeral pyre
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish rugh, from Old Norse rugr, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo-. Compare Norwegian Bokmål rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, English rye.
Noun[edit]
rug c (singular definite rugen, not used in plural form)
Verb[edit]
rug
- imperative of ruge
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)
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Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: rug
Elfdalian[edit]
Noun[edit]
rug m
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Faroese[edit]
Noun[edit]
rug
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish ·ruc, prototonic form of ro·ucc, perfect tense of beirid.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
rug
Further reading[edit]
- "rug" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “rug” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “rug” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Manx[edit]
Verb[edit]
rug (verbal noun ruggal, past participle ruggit)
- to bear (give birth to)
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse rugr, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo-. Compare Danish rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, German Roggen, English rye.
Noun[edit]
rug m (definite singular rugen)
- rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “rug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse rugr, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo-. Compare Danish rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, German Roggen, English rye.
Noun[edit]
rug m (definite singular rugen)
- rye (as above)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “rug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rug
Further reading[edit]
- rug in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin rogus, probably borrowed in the 19th century or semi-learned. The linguists Candrea and Tiktin believed it to be inherited.
Noun[edit]
rug n (plural ruguri)
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin rubus (“bramble, briar”), from Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”). Compare Italian rovo, dialectal rogo. For the sound shift of Latin -b- to -g- in Romanian, compare neg, negura.
Noun[edit]
rug m (plural rugi)
- bramble
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Declension[edit]
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References[edit]
- rug in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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Verb[edit]
rug
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- ro:Rose family plants
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