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RELATED WORDS : back down bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat down bed down belt down blow down bog down boil down bolt down bow down bowed down break down bring down broken down brush down buckle down bunk down burn down call down calm down camp down cascade down cast down choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on climb down close down come down come down on cool down count down crack down crack down on cut down dash down deep down die down doss down down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down dress down dressing down drink down drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down face down fall down fight down flag down flap down flump down flush down freeze down garbage down get down go down go down on goose down grind down gun down hampshire down hand down handed down hands down hanging down have down hold down hoot down hose down hunker down hunkered down hunt down john l. h. down jot down jumping up and down keep down kick down kip down knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law let down letting down lie down live down load down loaded down look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down mow down nail down narrow down pare down peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play down plonk down plump down plunk down pour down press down press down on pull down push down put down quiet down rain down ram down ratchet down rattle down remain down roll down rope down round down rub rub al-khali rub along rub in rub off rub out rub the wrong way rub up run down sag down scale down send down set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shut down simmer down sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down slick down slide down slim down slow down slowing down sluice down split down sponge down stamp down stand down stare down steady down step down stepping down strike down strip down swan's down swill down swoop down upon take down take lying down talk down tamp down tear down tearing down throw down thumbs down tie down tone down toned down touch down track down tramp down tread down trim down tune down turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upside down vote down wash down water down watered down wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whittle down wolf down write down written down

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb rub down has 2 senses

• rub down(v = verb.contact) abrade, abrase, corrade, rub off - wear away; Array
is one way to wear away, wear off
Derived form noun rubdown₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• rub down(v = verb.contact) knead, massage - manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"
is one way to manipulate
Derived form noun rubdown₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

THESAURUS

rub down

bed, bed down, break, bridle, brush, caress, curry, currycomb, drench, feed, fodder, frictionize, gentle, groom, handle, harness, hitch, knead, litter, manage, massage, milk, pet, rub, saddle, stroke, tame, tend, train, water, yoke

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Contraction

VB become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.

Pulverulence

VB come to dust, be disintegrated, be reduced to powder reduce to powder, grind to powder, pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate, scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise, contuse, contund, beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate, attenuate.

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