Rug

Definition: Rug

Rug

Noun

1. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rug" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Rug \Rug\, noun. [Compare to Swedish rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to English rough. See Rough, adjective]. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

RUG

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Rug

Covering

Coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget; housing; antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip; linoleum; saddle cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah, apishamore.

Support

Bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.

Crosswords: Rug

Afrikaan (back), Danish (rye), Dutch (back, mountain ridge), Norwegian (rye), Romanian (dewberry, pyre, stake), Scottish (bore, wrinkle).

I could be just sitting at home with pee stains on my rug. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

Don't stand till the rug has come to a complete stop (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements)

Well, you should see what happens when you mention my name at The Rug Barn (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

A broken vase, spilt milk on the rug There was a kangaroo. (Family Ties; writing credit: Marissa Garrido; Raimundo Lopes)

The only thing I'll ever lay is a rug! (Rock 'n' Roll High School; writing credit: Richard Whitley; Russ Dvonch)

I've still got the rug burns on both my knees (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burns on the forehead knees. (references; author: unknown)

Raggedy Rug (1964)

Spot on the Rug (1932)

The Rug (1927)

Rug si flacara (1980)

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Books

• Hook Me a Story: The History and Method of Rug Hooking in Atlantic Canada (reference)

• The Oriental Rug Lexicon (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Oriental Rug Magazine (reference)

• Rug & Carpets (reference)

• Rug Hooking (reference)

• Rug News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Round Rug Braiding with Verna (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Rug (reference)

• Under Rug Swept (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Red Car Rug (reference)

• Rug - John Lennon Collection (reference)

• KAS Millennium 30-by-50-Inch Flower Basket Acrylic Rug, Blue (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Man rolling out "List of Illustrations" carpet; woman beating "List of Illustrations" rug. Credit: Library of Congress.

Young woman and man sitting on a steamer rug. Credit: Library of Congress.

Navajo Indian Na Glee Nona Ba (Peacemaker), weaving a rug on the patio of her home, Palm Springs, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Prayer rug for America / H. Zughaib '01. Credit: Library of Congress.

Charles Scribner's Sons, rug. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bedroom with fireplace, padded chaise longue, sofa, male nude statuette, and polar bear rug, in home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, Greenwich, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Interior of the stone mountain lodge of Mrs. Paul T. Mayo, Bear Creek Cañon, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, designed by architect June B. Benedict, showing cathedral ceiling, fireplace, chandelier, furniture, and polar bear rug. Credit: Library of Congress.

Eskimo child posing while standing on fur rug. Credit: Library of Congress.

Running shuttle through warp in making rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) project at Costilla, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administrrtion/Work Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

Most local and Hong Kong carpet and rug companies prefer to distribute U.S. products, even though they often have less fashionable and colorful designs. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

Women are taught sewing, knitting, dressmaking, rug making, basket weaving, jewelry making, and other crafts. (references)

Political Economy

MOROCCO

The use of minors is common in this informal sector of the economy, which includes rug making, ceramics, wood working, metal working, and leather goods. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "rug": bedside rug ♦ braided rug ♦ hooked rug ♦ numdah rug ♦ oriental rug ♦ persian rug ♦ pile rug ♦ prayer rug ♦ roll a rug ♦ rug beater ♦ rug gown ♦ rug merchant ♦ rug pad ♦ rya rug ♦ scatter rug ♦ shag rug ♦ skin rug ♦ small rug ♦ steamer rug ♦ sweep under the rug ♦ throw rug ♦ turcoman rug ♦ uncut rug. Additional references.

Beginning with "rug": rug-brilliance, rug-chested, Rug-gowned, Rug-headed, Rug-laden, rug-loss, rug-maker, rug-making, rug-producing, rug-rethinks, rug-scattered, rug-sized, rug-smart, rug-strewn, rug-wearing, rug-weaving, rug-wisdom.

Ending with "rug": prayer-rug.

Albanian

velenxë (foot-cloth, Maud, Pall, woolen blanket, woolen cover), sixhade (gobelin, tapestry), qilim (carpet, mat). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غطاء (bed clothes, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cot, cover, cover up, covering, coverlet, envelope, facing, housing, jacket, lid, overlay, robe, roofing, shroud, tarpaulin, tilt, top, vesture, wrapping), ‏سجادة (carpet), ‏دثار (blanket, garment, stole, wrap, wrapper), ‏بساط (carpet), ‏بطانية (blanket, wrap). (various references)

Blackfoot

somáán. (various references)

Bulgarian 

черга (mat), килимче (mat, scatter rug), килим (carpet), одеяло (blanket, coverlet), пътническо одеало. (various references)

Chamorro

atfombra. (various references)

Chinese 

地毯 (carpet). (various references)

Cornish

strayl. (various references)

Czech

pokrývka (blanket, counterpane, cover, coverlet, Pall, plaid, spread), předložka (preposition), koberec (carpet, foot-cloth), hounì. (various references)

Danish

sengeforligger (bedside rug), persisk tæppe (Persian rug), flettet tæppe (braided rug). (various references)

Dutch

vloermatje (bedside rug), vloerkleed van gevlochten koorden (braided rug). (various references)

Farsi 

فرش کردن (Pave, Spread), قالیچه . (various references)

Finnish

ryijy, matto (carpet, mat), huopa (blanket, felt). (various references)

French

plaid (steamer rug), petit tapis, couverture, carpette. (various references)

German

Vorleger (mat, rugs), Brücke (bridge, bridgework, catwalk, crab, gangway, jumper). (various references)

Greek 

χαλί (carpet). (various references)

Hebrew 

משטחה (carpet, covering), מרבד (carpet), שטיח (carpet, mat). (various references)

Hungarian

takaró (blanket, coat, cover, envelope, mantle, overburden, Pall, spread), szõnyeg (carpet), szőnyeg (carpet, carpeting), pokróc (blanket). (various references)

Indonesian

permadani (carpet), babut (carpet). (various references)

Italian

tappeto (carpet, cloth, mat), plaid (plaid), coperta (blanket, cloth, cover, deck, hood, lid). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ラウリン酸 (La Salle, Lacoste, lacrosse, lactose, lager beer, Laos, lasagna, lauric acid, lounge, loungewear, paddle, raccoon, racket, racquetball, radial, radial tire, radian, radium, radius, raglan, ragtime, rational, rationalism, rationalist, rationalization, round, round number, round robin, round table, rugby, rugger), 敷物 (carpet, carpeting, cushion, floorcloth, footcloth, matting), 毛氈 (carpet). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ラグ , しきもの (carpet, carpeting, cushion, floorcloth, footcloth, matting), もうせん (carpet). (various references)

Korean 

양탄자 (Carpet). (various references)

Manx

fleshag. (various references)

Pig Latin

ugray.(various references)

Portuguese

tapete pequeno e grosso, tapete (carpet, mat, matting, tapestry), manta de viagem (wrap). (various references)

Romanian

pled (plaid), cuverturã (blanket, counterpane, coverlet, coverture), covoraş (mat), covor (carpet, tapestry), cergã (counterpane, tilt), carpetã (carpet). (various references)

Romany

patò. (various references)

Russian 

ковер (carpet, tapis). (various references)

Scottish

stràille (carpet, mat), d' (ràinig, the verbal particle; before vow. and : rinn, thy; before vow. and fh. See <A HREF="mf12.html#t'">t'</A>). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tepih (carpet), prostirka (floorcloth, foot-cloth, litter), prostirač (doormat), pokrivač (blanket, carpet, cover, covering, integument, mantle, pall, plaid, spread, vesture), ćilim. (various references)

Sicilian

tappitu. (various references)

Spanish

tapete (billiard cloth, coverlet, doily, scarf). (various references)

Swedish

ryamatta, matta (carpet, dull, mat, weaken), filt (blanket, felt, plaid, wrap). (various references)

Thai

พรม (tapis), ผมปลอม. (various references)

Turkish

seccade (prayer rug), namazla (prayer rug), kilim (scatter rug, throw rug), kalın örtü, küçük halı, halı (carpet, floor covering), battaniye (blanket, wrap). (various references)

Turkmen 

palas (r) (thin rug). (various references)

Ukrainian

килим (carpet), плед (plaid). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chăn (quilt, wrap). (various references)

Welsh

hugan (cloak, covering), brycan (blanket). (various references)

cilicia, ciliciis, cilicio, cilicium. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "rug": ruga, rugae, rugal, rugate, rugbies, rugby, rugged, ruggeder, ruggedest, ruggedization, ruggedizations, ruggedize, ruggedized, ruggedizes, ruggedizing, ruggedly, ruggedness, ruggednesses, rugger, ruggers, rugging, ruglike, rugola, rugolas, rugosa, rugosas, rugose, rugosely, rugosities, rugosity, rugous, rugs, rugulose. (additional references)

Words ending with "rug": antidrug, bedrug, drug, frug, multidrug, nondrug, postdrug, shrug, sprug, trug. (additional references)

Words containing "rug": aerugo, aerugos, arugola, arugolas, arugula, arugulas, bedrugged, bedrugging, bedrugs, brugh, brughs, corrugate, corrugated, corrugates, corrugating, corrugation, corrugations, drugged, drugget, druggets, druggie, druggier, druggies, druggiest, drugging, druggist, druggists, druggy, drugmaker, drugmakers, drugs, drugstore, drugstores, erugo, erugos, ferruginous, frugal, frugalities, frugality, frugally, frugged, frugging, frugivore, frugivores, frugivorous, frugs, grugru, grugrus, infrugal, krugerrand, krugerrands. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rug" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eug, euug, frug, grug, ragg, reg, rg, rgb, Rhu, rhuge, rhur, rigg, rilg, rlg, rng, rog, rogh, rogy, roug, rougy, rpg, rua, ruc, Ruegg, Ruf, Ruge, rugg, rugh, rugo, ruh, rui, ruj, Ruju, rul, Ruog, rup, ruq, Rur, Rurgh, ruug, ruv, ruw, rux, ruy, ruz, ryg, urf, urq, Urug, urx, vug. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: burg, drug, frug, gaur, grub, grue, grum, guar, guru, ruga, rugs, rung, trug, urge.

+2 letters: argue, argus, auger, augur, bourg, brugh, burgh, burgs, drugs, erugo, frugs, gaurs, gluer, gourd, group, grout, grubs, gruel, grues, gruff, grume, grump, grunt, guard, guars, guiro, gular, gurge, gurry, gursh, gurus, gyrus, huger, luger, purge, rogue, rouge, rough, rugae, rugal, rugby, ruing, rungs, shrug, sprug, sugar, surge, surgy, trugs, unrig, urged, urger, urges, wrung.