rug
n. countablen. a piece of thick material that covers part of a floor. It is similar to a carpet but usually smaller and not fixed to the ground.
n. a floor covering made of thick woven material or animal skin, typically smaller than a carpet and not covering the entire floor area.
I bought a colorful rug for the living room.
The designer placed a soft wool rug under the coffee table to make the room feel warmer.
Intricately patterned Persian rugs are often passed down through generations as valuable family heirlooms, appreciated for both their craftsmanship and their durability.
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”).
Commonly used with verbs like 'lay', 'spread', or 'vacuum'.
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cut a rug
To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.
- 02
pull the rug out from under
To suddenly remove support from.
- 03
sweep something under the rug
To conceal a problem (usually an embarrassing or illegal one) expediently, rather than remedy it thoroughly.