rug

CEFRA2

/rˈʌɡ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A piece of thick cloth used to cover part of a floor.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.

Examples

  • I put down a rug under my desk.

  • Please beat the rug, first.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.

  2. A partial covering for a floor.

  3. A cloth covering for a horse.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • 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.″

  • They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.

Synonyms

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She placed a soft colorful blank on the wooden floor in the center of the room.

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Origin

noun

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”).