rug
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”), 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”).
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NounEdit
rug (plural rugs)
- A partial covering for a floor. [1624]
- (UK, 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.
- 1855, William Howitt, A Boy′s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert′s Note-Book, page 254,
- (historical, now rare) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. [1547]
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Irelande […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC:
- They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.
- (historical, now rare) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze. [1577]
- (obsolete, rare) A person wearing a rug. [1627]
- A cloth covering for a horse. [1790]
- (obsolete, rare) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops. [1792]
- (slang) The female pubic hair. [1893]
- A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
- (slang) A wig; a hairpiece. [1940]
- (colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair. [1954]
- (US, slang, ethnic slur) Short for rughead.
- 1980, John Irwin, Prisons in Turmoil (page 212)
- We're the motherfuckers be fightin' when the rugs [black prisoners] start wasting people around here.
- 1980, John Irwin, Prisons in Turmoil (page 212)
Usage notesEdit
- (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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VerbEdit
rug (third-person singular simple present rugs, present participle rugging, simple past and past participle rugged)
- (transitive) To cover with a rug.
- 1966, Margaret I. Clarke, Care of the Horse and Pony (page 45)
- It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]
- 1966, Margaret I. Clarke, Care of the Horse and Pony (page 45)
- (Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
- 1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- “this was a job in the auld times o'rugging and riving through the hale country […] ”
Derived termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rug (comparative more rug, superlative most rug)
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 readingEdit
- rug in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rug in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- rug at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
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AromanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin rubus. Compare Romanian rug.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
rug m (plural rudz)
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Etymology 2Edit
Probably a semi-learned term or borrowing from Latin rogus, as with its Romanian cognate rug (or modeled after it). Less likely inherited.
NounEdit
rug m (plural rudz)
- funeral pyre
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
rug c (singular definite rugen, not used in plural form)
VerbEdit
rug
- imperative of ruge
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)
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ElfdalianEdit
NounEdit
rug m
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
FaroeseEdit
NounEdit
rug
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish ·ruc, prototonic form of ro·ucc, perfect tense of beirid.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
rug
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rug”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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.
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ro·uccai, suppletive augmented form of beirid.
VerbEdit
rug (verbal noun ruggal, past participle ruggit)
- to bear (give birth to)
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
rug m (definite singular rugen)
- rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “rug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
rug m (definite singular rugen)
- rye (as above)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “rug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rug f
Further readingEdit
- rug in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomagnolEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rug m pl
ReferencesEdit
Masotti, Adelmo (1999) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano (in Italian), Zanichelli
RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin rogus, probably borrowed in the 19th century or semi-learned. The linguists Candrea and Tiktin believed it to be inherited.
NounEdit
rug n (plural ruguri)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin rubus (“bramble, briar”), from Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”). Compare Italian rovo, dialectal rogo. For the sound shift of Latin -b- to -g- in Romanian, compare neg, negura.
NounEdit
rug m (plural rugi)
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ReferencesEdit
- rug in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Scottish GaelicEdit
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VerbEdit
rug