rubbing+down
31ψήξει — ψήχω rub down aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) ψήχω rub down fut ind mid 2nd sg ψήχω rub down fut ind act 3rd sg ψή̱ξει , ψῆξις rubbing down fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) ψή̱ξεϊ , ψῆξις rubbing down fem dat sg (epic) ψή̱ξει , ψῆξις rubbing down fem …
32sculpture — sculptural, adj. sculpturally, adv. /skulp cheuhr/, n., v., sculptured, sculpturing. n. 1. the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the… …
33abrasion — n. Friction, attrition, rubbing, disintegration, wearing away, wearing off, rubbing off, rubbing down, wearing down. See Confrication …
34friction — (n.) 1560s, a chafing, rubbing, from M.Fr. friction (16c.) and directly from L. frictionem (nom. frictio) a rubbing, rubbing down, noun of action from pp. stem of fricare to rub. Sense of resistance to motion is from 1722; figurative sense of… …
35abrasion — n 1. rub, fret, fray, Inf. frazzle; scrape, scratch, graze, scuff, sore, Both Path. canker, ulcer. 2. erosion, eroding, wearing, wearing down or away, detrition, attrition, abrading, corrosion, corroding; fretting, gnawing, fraying, chafing;… …
36polish — v 1. wax, buff, burnish, rub down, smooth; shine, gloss, luster, brighten, glaze, Scot, and North. Eng. sheen; abrade, grind, pumice, scour, scrub, clean. 2. sparkle, glitter, gleam, glisten, shimmer, glow, beam, radiate. 3. perfect, consummate,… …
37rub — v 1. massage, knead, embrocate; stroke, caress, fondle, pet, pat, palm; brush, graze; (all of horses) curry, currycomb, groom. 2. polish, buff, burnish, rub down, smooth; abrade, chafe, levigate, triturate; scour, scrub. 3.Often rub off or out… …
38massage — [n] kneading of body parts back rub, beating, chirapsia, manipulation, rolfing*, rubbing, rubbing down, stroking; concepts 308,310 massage [v] knead body parts caress, manipulate, pat, press, push, rolf*, rub, rub down, stimulate, stroke;… …
39stump or stomp — A kind of pencil consisting of a tight roll of paper or soft leather, or of a cylindrical piece of rubber or other soft material used for rubbing down hard lines in pencil or crayon drawing, for blending the lines of shading so as to produce a …
40friction — n 1. rubbing against, rub, rubbing down, massaging, massage; abrasion, abrading, attrition, detrition, wearing against, chafing, fretting, gnawing, fraying; grinding, whetting, filing, sanding, pumicing; grating, rasping, scouring, scraping,… …
