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rug  (rg)

n.

1. A heavy fabric used to cover a floor.

2. An animal skin used as a floor covering.

3. Chiefly British A piece of thick, warm fabric or fur used as a coverlet or lap robe.

4. Slang A toupee.

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[Of Scandinavian origin.]

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rug [rʌg]

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a floor covering, smaller than a carpet and made of thick wool or of other material, such as an animal skin

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Chiefly Brit a blanket, esp one used as a wrap or lap robe for travellers

3. (Clothing & Fashion) Slang a wig

pull the rug out from under to betray, expose, or leave defenceless

[from Scandinavian; compare Norwegian rugga, Swedish rugg coarse hair. See rag¹]

ruglike  adj

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RUG Computing

abbreviation for

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) restricted users group

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Rug a torn-off portion; a “haul” of something; a catch.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rug - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) carpet, carpeting broadloom - a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams Brussels carpet - a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern drugget - a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) floor cover, floor covering - a covering for a floor flying carpet - (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable hearthrug - a rug spread out in front of a fireplace Kurdistan - an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability nammad, numdah, numdah rug - an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt prayer mat, prayer rug - a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions red carpet - a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on runner - a long narrow carpet scatter rug, throw rug - a small rug; several can be used in a room shag rug - a rug with long pile stair-carpet - a strip of carpet for laying on stairs Wilton, Wilton carpet - a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile

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rug

noun

1. mat, runner, carpet, hearthrug A Persian rug covered the floor.

2. blanket, throw, wrap, coverlet The old lady had a rug over her knees.

3. wig, hairpiece, toupee He's either wearing a rug or he's got a hamster on his head. see carpets and rugs

Translations

rug [rʌg] N

1. (= floor-mat) → alfombrilla f, tapete m
to pull the rug from under sb or sb's feet → mover la silla para que algn se caiga

2. (esp Brit) (= wrap) → manta f
travel(ling) rug → manta f de viaje

3. (= wig) → peluquín m

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rug [ˈrʌg] n

(on floor) → tapis m
a Persian rug → un tapis persan
to pull the rug from under sb, to pull the rug from under sb's feet (= abandon) → retirer son soutien à qn, lâcher qn

(British) (= blanket) → couverture f
a tartan rug → une couverture écossaise, un plaid

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rug

n

→ Teppich m; (esp rectangular) → Läufer m; (valuable) → Brücke f; (bedside) → (Bett)vorleger m; fireside rug → Kaminvorleger m; to pull the rug from under somebody (fig) → jdm den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen

(= blanket) → (Woll)decke f

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rug [rʌg] n (floor mat) → tappeto; (bedside rug) → scendiletto; (travelling rug) → coperta (da viaggio); (in tartan) → plaid m inv

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rug [rʌg] n (floor mat) → tappeto; (bedside rug) → scendiletto; (travelling rug) → coperta (da viaggio); (in tartan) → plaid m inv

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rug

n rug [rag]

1 a mat for the floor; a small carpet. mat سُجَادَه килим rohož, kobereček tæppe der Vorleger χαλάκι tapete, alfombrilla vaip قالیچه؛ فرش matto carpette שָׁטִיח गलीचा, कालीन sag (kisebb) szőnyeg permadani gólfmotta tappeto 敷物 융단, 양탄자 kilimėlis, patiesalas grīdsega permaidani vloerkleed gulvteppe dywanik tapete covoraş, carpetă ковёр rohož; koberček preproga tepih matta พรม kilim 小地毯 килим غالیچہ thảm dày trải sàn 垫子

2 (alsoˈtravelling-rug) a thick usually patterned blanket for keeping one warm when travelling. reiskombers بَطّانِيَّه одеяло pléd tæppe; plaid die Reisedecke κουβέρτα ταξιδιώτη manta de viaje tekk زیلو matkahuopa plaid שְׂמִיכָה कम्बल debeo vuneni pokrivač pléd selimut teppi, ábreiða coperta ひざ掛け 두꺼운 천 pledas pleds selimut tebal reisdeken (reise)pledd pled manta de viagem плед pléd odeja ćebe filt, pläd ผ้าห่มเดินทาง battaniye 旅行用毛毯 плед کمبل chăn ấm 旅行用毛毯

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rug → سجادة menší koberec tæppe Teppich χαλάκι alfombra pieni matto tapis tepih tappeto ラグ 양탄자 tapijt teppe pled tapete ковер matta พรมผืนเล็ก küçük halı thảm nhỏ 小地毯