rub down

• Фразовый глагол, означающий вытирать или чистить что-либо трением, или массировать чьё-либо тело для расслабления мышц.

A phrasal verb meaning to dry or clean something by rubbing, or to massage someone's body to relax muscles.

неисчисляемое · переходный · фразовый, разделяемый

1. Massage or dryinformal

   To rub someone's body to relax muscles or to dry them after a bath or swim.

   Растереть или вытереть

   • The trainer rubbed down the athlete after the race.
   • She rubbed down her dog with a towel after the walk.
   • He asked for a rub down to relieve his sore back.

   Синонимыkneadmassagerubtowel

2. informal

   To clean or polish a surface by rubbing it vigorously.

   Отшлифовать

   • He rubbed down the wooden table with sandpaper.
   • She rubbed down the car to remove the old paint.
   • The cleaner rubbed down the counter until it shone.

   Синонимыbuffburnishpolishscourscrubshine

   Антонимыdirtysoilstain

Базовый глаголrub