the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > coat or cover with a layer [verb (transitive)] > smear or spread with a substance > spread by rubbing (1)
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transitive. To spread (a substance) on, over, or upon or force into or through a surface by rubbing. Also figurative (cf. to rub in 4 at phrasal…