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RUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rug" is a kind of...):
floor cover; floor covering (a covering for a floor)
furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)
Meronyms (parts of "rug"):
edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rug"):
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)
flying carpet ((Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go)
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)
Context examples:
Was this the luxurious Lord John Roxton who had sat that evening in the Albany amidst his Persian rugs and his pictures in the pink radiance of the tinted lights?
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Standing on the rug between us, with his slight, tall figure, his sharp features, thoughtful face, and curling hair prematurely tinged with grey, he seemed to represent that not too common type, a nobleman who is in truth noble.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Of Elinor's distress, she was too busily employed in measuring lengths of worsted for her rug, to see any thing at all; and calmly continuing her talk, as soon as Marianne disappeared, she said, Upon my word, I never saw a young woman so desperately in love in my life!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Ryder threw himself down suddenly upon the rug and clutched at my companion’s knees.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I see a young lady who pins her collar straight, laces her boots neatly, and neither whistles, talks slang, nor lies on the rug as she used to do.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
There was every article of furniture looking just as it did on the morning I was first introduced to Mr. Brocklehurst: the very rug he had stood upon still covered the hearth.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Mr. Spenlow shut the door, motioned me to a chair, and stood on the hearth-rug in front of the fireplace.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The suit in which I had travelled was gone, and also my overcoat and rug; I could find no trace of them anywhere.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
This is a joyous influence, with planets acting like adoring little relatives who are surrounding you with love, and you will be as happy as a bug in a rug.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
And yet his first action, when the door had closed behind him, was to stagger against the table, whence he slipped down upon the floor, and there was that majestic figure prostrate and insensible upon our bearskin hearth-rug.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
