English Explanatory Dictionary

rug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A partial covering for a floor.
  2. A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
  3. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
  4. A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
  5. A person wearing a rug.
  6. A cloth covering for a horse.
  7. A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
  8. The female pubic hair.
  9. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
  10. A wig; a hairpiece.
  11. A dense growth of chest hair.
  12. Ellipsis of rughead.
verb
  1. To cover with a rug.
  2. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
  3. Clipping of rug pull
noun
  1. short form of Rugbeian

Pronunciation

/ˈɹʌɡ/ [ˈɹʷʌɡ] /ˈɹɜɡ/ [ˈɹʷɜɡ] /ˈɹäɡ/ [ˈɹʷä̝ɡ] /ˈɹɐɡ/ [ˈɹʷɐ̞ɡ] en-au-rug.ogg rŭg /ɹʌɡ/

Word forms

rug rugs rugging rugged

Etymology

Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).

Synonyms

carpet mat toupee wig

Derived words

area rug brush something under the rug cut a rug cute as a bug in a rug cut the rug drug rug hearthrug lie like a cheap rug lie like a rug Nain rug Oriental rug Persian rug prayer rug pull the rug pull the rug out from under rag rug rugburn rug-cutter rug-cutting rug-headed rug hooking rug joint rugless ruglike rugmaker rugmaking rug monkey rug muncher rug pilot rug pull rug-pull rug ranking rugrat rug rat rug rider scatter rug snug as a bug in a rug sweep something under the rug throw rug under the rug unrug rug up
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