Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word rug. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in rug.
Definitions and meaning of rug
rug
Etymology
Origin uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin, compare dialectal Norwegianrugga(“coarse coverlet”), Swedishrugg(“rough entangled hair”), from Old Norserǫgg(“shagginess; tuft”), from Proto-Germanic*rawwō(“long wool”), related to English rag and rough.
Pronunciation
enPR: rŭg, IPA(key): /ɹʌɡ/
Rhymes: -ʌɡ
Noun
rug (pluralrugs)
A partial covering for a floor. [1624]
(Britain, 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.
(historical, now rare) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. [1547]
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]
Usage notes
(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.
Synonyms
(small carpet):carpet, mat
(wig):toupee, wig
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rug (third-person singular simple presentrugs, present participlerugging, simple past and past participlerugged)
(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 […]
(Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Derived terms
rug up
Adjective
rug (comparativemore rug, superlativemost rug)
(Britain, dialect, obsolete) snug; cosy
Further reading
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
Anagrams
GRU
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchrug.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /rœχ/
Noun
rug (pluralrûeorrûens, diminutiveruggie)
(plural chiefly rûe) back (rear of the body)
(plural chiefly rûens) hill; ridge
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latinrubus. Compare Romanianrug.
Alternative forms
rugu, arug, arugu
Noun
rugm (pluralrudz)
wild rose, raspberry bush, bramble bush
Synonyms
pilivuri, zigrã, mãcesh, bubzel
Etymology 2
Probably a semi-learned term or borrowing from Latinrogus, as with its Romanian cognate rug (or modeled after it). Less likely inherited.
Noun
rugm (pluralrudz)
funeral pyre
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danishrugh, from Old Norserugr, from Proto-Germanic*rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European*wrugʰyo-. Compare Norwegian Bokmålrug, Swedishråg, Icelandicrúgur, Dutchrogge, Low GermanRogg, GermanRoggen, Englishrye.
Noun
rugc (singular definiterugen, not used in plural form)
rye (Secale cereale)
Verb
rug
imperative of ruge
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchrugge, from Old Dutchruggi, from Proto-Germanic*hrugjaz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /rʏx/
Rhymes: -ʏx
Hyphenation: rug
Noun
rugm (pluralruggen, diminutiveruggetjenorrugjen)
back
(geology) ridge
(Netherlands) thousand euro
Derived terms
heuvelrug
rugborstel
rugtas
rugvin
rugzak
Descendants
Afrikaans: rug
Elfdalian
Noun
rugm
rye (Secale cereale)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Faroese
Noun
rug
accusative singular indefinite of rugur
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish·ruc, prototonic form of ro·ucc, perfect tense of beirid.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ɾˠʊɡ]
Verb
rug
past analytic of beir
Further reading
"rug" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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.
Manx
Etymology
From ro·uccai, suppletive augmented form of beirid.
Verb
rug (verbal nounruggal, past participleruggit)
to bear (give birth to)
Synonyms
behr
ymmyrk
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norserugr, from Proto-Germanic*rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European*wrugʰyo-. Compare Danishrug, Swedishråg, Icelandicrúgur, Dutchrogge, GermanRoggen, Englishrye.
Noun
rugm (definite singularrugen)
rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)
Derived terms
rugbrød
References
“rug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norserugr, from Proto-Germanic*rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European*wrugʰyo-. Compare Danishrug, Swedishråg, Icelandicrúgur, Dutchrogge, GermanRoggen, Englishrye.
Noun
rugm (definite singularrugen)
rye (as above)
Derived terms
rugbrød
References
“rug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ruk/
Noun
rugf
genitive plural of ruga
Further reading
rug in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latinrogus, probably borrowed in the 19th century or semi-learned. The linguists Candrea and Tiktin believed it to be inherited.
Noun
rugn (pluralruguri)
pyre
Declension
Etymology 2
From Latinrubus(“bramble, briar”), from Proto-Italic*wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European*wr̥dʰo-(“sweetbriar”). Compare Italianrovo, dialectal rogo. For the sound shift of Latin -b- to -g- in Romanian, compare neg, negura.
Noun
rugm (pluralrugi)
bramble
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Declension
Synonyms
măceș
Derived terms
ruget
References
rug in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)