TO RUB OFF

  

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TO RUB OFF

Definition: TO RUB OFF

TO RUB OFF

1. To clean anything by rubbing; to separate by friction; as, to rub off rust.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO RUB OFF

Etymologies containing "TO RUB OFF": Extersionterete. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO RUB OFF

Language Translations for "TO RUB OFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

rejszol (to toss off), ráránt, levakar (flake, scrape away, to abrade, to flesh, to scrape, to scrape away, to scrape off), lekapar (to abrade, to scale, to scrape), lehorzsol (to abrade, to graze, to scrape away, to scrape off), kiveri a farkát (to toss off), önkielégítést végez. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"り落とす (to scrape off), 摩る (to be about to reach, to be equal to, to chafe, to file, to frost, to graze, to grind, to pat, to polish, to rub, to scrape, to strike, to stroke). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さする (to be about to reach, to be equal to, to graze, to grind, to pat, to polish, to scrape, to stroke), "すりおとす (to scrape off). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ubray offay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO RUB OFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-f-f-o-o-r-t-u"

-2 letters: ruboff.

-3 letters: boffo, buffo, robot, turbo.

-4 letters: boff, boor, boot, bort, bout, broo, brut, buff, foot, forb, fort, four, roof, root, roto, rout, ruff, toff, tofu, toro, tour, tuff, turf.

-5 letters: boo, bot, bro, bur, but, fob, for, fou, fro, fub, fur, off, oft, oot, orb, ort, our, out, rob, rot, rub, rut, too.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO RUB OFF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      52 55 42      4F 46 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010010 01010101 01000010 00100000 01001111 01000110 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#82 &#85 &#66 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0052 0055 0042      004F 0046 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544925255362494040

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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