rug

See also: rúg and rüg

English

Etymology

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

  • enPR: rŭg, IPA(key): /ɹʌɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

rug (plural rugs)

  1. A partial covering for a floor. [1624]
  2. (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.
  3. (historical, now rare) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. [1547]
    • Holinshed
      They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.
  4. (historical, now rare) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze. [1577]
  5. (obsolete, rare) A person wearing a rug. [1627]
  6. A cloth covering for a horse. [1790]
  7. (obsolete, rare) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops. [1792]
  8. (slang) The female pubic hair. [1893]
  9. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
  10. (slang) A wig; a hairpiece. [1940]
  11. (colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair. [1954]

Usage notes

  • (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

rug (third-person singular simple present rugs, present participle rugging, simple past and past participle rugged)

  1. (Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Derived terms

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

  • 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

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rug.

Noun

rug (plural rûe or rûens, diminutive ruggie)

  1. (plural chiefly rûe) back (rear of the body)
  2. (plural chiefly rûens) hill; ridge

Danish

Etymology

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

rug c (singular definite rugen, not used in plural form)

  1. rye (Secale cereale)

Verb

rug

  1. imperative of ruge

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʏx
  • IPA(key): /rʏx/
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Noun

rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)

  1. back
  2. (geology) ridge

Derived terms

Descendants

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ·ruc, prototonic form of ro·ucc, perfect tense of beirid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾˠʊɡ]

Verb

rug

  1. past analytic of beir

Further reading

  • "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

Verb

rug (verbal noun ruggal, past participle ruggit)

  1. to bear (give birth to)

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

rug

Etymology

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

rug m (definite singular rugen)

  1. rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

rug m (definite singular rugen)

  1. rye (as above)

Derived terms

References

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin rogus.

Noun

rug n (plural ruguri)

  1. pyre
Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin rubus (“bramble, briar”).

Noun

rug m (plural rugi)

  1. bramble
Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠuk/

Verb

rug

  1. past tense of beir
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