Who has not heard about the Russian “graters”? Probably everyone heard. This is when the grandmothers under the window or the guys find out a relationship between themselves, or the girls gossip cute. This means "rub conversations." In the popular understanding, in a simple way, this is just a conversation between people. And who did not come across this word in the kitchen or in the bath-laundry? In general, in the explanatory dictionaries, the expression "rub" covers many meanings - household, kitchen, washing and even world.
Let's take a look at the bones - what is rubbing
To achieve the essence, you need to delve into the history of the origin of an element. After all, everything has a beginning. Since ancient times, people have spoken the word "rub" in connection with cooking. They crushed (rubbed) the bones of animals, rubbed the skins for softness, and also stones against each other to get sharp tips for the peak and arrows. In our century, the verb began to be used more often, and now the meaning of the word "rub" has expanded:
- In prison jargon - discuss the topic.
- To lie in thieves' jargon is "rubbing over the ears."
- At housewives - to cut vegetables and fruits on a kitchen grater.
- Keep dishes clean.
- Wash the floor to shine.
- Zealously dust the furniture.
- To clean shoes with cream, shoe polish or special varnish.
- Brush clothes.
- To brush your forehead, nose, eyes, other parts of the body.
- Wash and cleanse the body with a washcloth in a bath or bath.
- In a popular saying, “rubbing the skin” means “to be, to appear, to be present in public”.
In everyday life, this term is most often used by women. They have cleanliness and order above all. More often than men, they spend time on household chores, and cleaning for the ladies is real graters, until the house shines with perfect shine.
One word, but its meaning may be different
The Russian language is constantly evolving. New interpretations are added to the traditional meanings of words. Various subcultures and professional castes make their “corrections” to the language. Hence the variability of meanings, many interpretations, and semantic richness. Here are just a few examples. To rub - this, for example, can be:
- In the Russian etymological dictionary - not only cleansing, but also a mountain road - "grater".
- In Dahl’s dictionary - kalach grated, also shuffle, sniff, drive to or fro.
- In the Russian argo dictionary - to perform any action intensively (for example, to swim energetically).
- In the dictionary of Semenov in Russian - to torture, squeeze, torment.
- In the large dictionary of Russian verbs - push, push, push.
- In other dictionaries - crush the hub, grind in a pot, spawn.
In principle, the interpretations are almost similar, although they differ in actions. “Great and mighty” is immeasurably rich and can play many-sided words.
Who does not rub, he will not understand
In factories, enterprises and in car repair shops, the verb "rub" is also common. There, workers polish surfaces, casters scrape workpieces from slag, and cleaners tear down workshops. Mechanics in repair garages clean salons, cabins and car finishes. Everyone is busy wiping and cleaning. Therefore, sometimes it is very important to rub thoroughly. This is a noble, and sometimes hard work. There is even a small saying about this: "And only he (the work) will understand who rubs the work every day."