Rug
noun
A piece of thick fabric or textile, typically used as a floor covering.
She spread out the picnic on a large rug.
Often appears as...
- throw rug
- area rug
noun
A small blanket, usually used for warmth.
She cuddled up on the sofa with a warm rug.
Often appears as...
- snuggle under a rug
- throw a rug over
noun
A wig or false piece of hair.
He wore a rug to hide his baldness.
Often appears as...
- wear a rug
- rug on his head
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A piece of thick fabric or textile, typically used as a floor covering.
She spread out the picnic on a large rug.
Often appears as...
- throw rug
- area rug
noun
A small blanket, usually used for warmth.
She cuddled up on the sofa with a warm rug.
Often appears as...
- snuggle under a rug
- throw a rug over
noun
A wig or false piece of hair.
He wore a rug to hide his baldness.
Often appears as...
- wear a rug
- rug on his head
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Home Decor
Used to describe various sizes and styles of fabric floor coverings in home settings.
They bought a Persian rug to enhance their living room's elegance.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Uses
Refers to not just aesthetic purposes but also functional use, such as keeping a space clean.
Place a mat at the door to keep the rug from getting dirty.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
In some cultures, rugs can have significance beyond utility, like a handmade heirloom.
The intricate Navajo rug passed down through generations.
Pro Tip 1/3Home Decor
Used to describe various sizes and styles of fabric floor coverings in home settings.
They bought a Persian rug to enhance their living room's elegance.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Uses
Refers to not just aesthetic purposes but also functional use, such as keeping a space clean.
Place a mat at the door to keep the rug from getting dirty.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
In some cultures, rugs can have significance beyond utility, like a handmade heirloom.
The intricate Navajo rug passed down through generations.
Pro Tip 1/3Home Decor
Used to describe various sizes and styles of fabric floor coverings in home settings.
They bought a Persian rug to enhance their living room's elegance.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Uses
Refers to not just aesthetic purposes but also functional use, such as keeping a space clean.
Place a mat at the door to keep the rug from getting dirty.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
In some cultures, rugs can have significance beyond utility, like a handmade heirloom.
The intricate Navajo rug passed down through generations.
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How to build your...
Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers because they're not quite sure how to support young people like him. I took a direct approach. I negotiated with Jamal. If he could give me focused work, then he could do it from anywhere in the classroom, from our classroom rug, from behind my desk,
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A Day in the Life of...
with people in the same way that most people do and I sometimes feel that sort of loneliness I come home and I'm like talking to my rug but I do connect with people through their dogs I think you know don't my own dog dogs have opened up a whole world for me that's made me less lonely
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The amazing brains and...
where we pull the rug out from under it and give it a checkerboard, and it even uses that strange visual information and does its best to match the pattern with a little ad-libbing. So other cognitive skills are important, too. The squids have a different kind of smarts, if you will.
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The wicked wit of Jane...
Of course, these characters are far from perfect. They often think they have all the answers. And by telling the story from their perspective, Austen tricks the viewer into believing their heroine knows best– only to pull the rug out from under the protagonist and the reader.
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How climate change...
of any climate change survival strategy, requiring funding, and ethics of equity and care, and widespread awareness. Because even if you're the most emotionally avoidant person on the planet, there's no rug in the world that's big enough to sweep this up under. Thank you.
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The Majesty of Monument...
so the two of them living without running water without electricity are raising their own sheep shearing them spinning the wool and making rugs we got to experience exactly what that whole process looks like hey how long is your family lived in London all their life
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How to rebuild the world...
to hold up a mirror to our modern society and explore all of the behind the scenes fundamentals of how our world works and how we progressed through history so imagine that we do find ourselves in this world with a rug has been pulled out from beneath our feet
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The opportunity of...
And, most importantly, there's a partnership between those perceived deficiencies and our greatest creative ability. So it's not about devaluing, or negating, these more trying times as something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug,
Video examples
It's time for the law to...
rather than relying on educational institutions to do so. And that's really important, because educational institutions have historically swept gender violence under the rug, much like our criminal justice system does today.
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
and let me tell you that this was the first time when a campaign was launched by me or anywhere in the world, to educate and sensitize the consumers to create a demand for child-labor-free rugs.
Video examples
How to build your...
Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers because they're not quite sure how to support young people like him. I took a direct approach. I negotiated with Jamal. If he could give me focused work, then he could do it from anywhere in the classroom, from our classroom rug, from behind my desk,
Video examples
A Day in the Life of...
with people in the same way that most people do and I sometimes feel that sort of loneliness I come home and I'm like talking to my rug but I do connect with people through their dogs I think you know don't my own dog dogs have opened up a whole world for me that's made me less lonely
Video examples
The amazing brains and...
where we pull the rug out from under it and give it a checkerboard, and it even uses that strange visual information and does its best to match the pattern with a little ad-libbing. So other cognitive skills are important, too. The squids have a different kind of smarts, if you will.
Video examples
The wicked wit of Jane...
Of course, these characters are far from perfect. They often think they have all the answers. And by telling the story from their perspective, Austen tricks the viewer into believing their heroine knows best– only to pull the rug out from under the protagonist and the reader.
Video examples
How climate change...
of any climate change survival strategy, requiring funding, and ethics of equity and care, and widespread awareness. Because even if you're the most emotionally avoidant person on the planet, there's no rug in the world that's big enough to sweep this up under. Thank you.
Video examples
The Majesty of Monument...
so the two of them living without running water without electricity are raising their own sheep shearing them spinning the wool and making rugs we got to experience exactly what that whole process looks like hey how long is your family lived in London all their life
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
to hold up a mirror to our modern society and explore all of the behind the scenes fundamentals of how our world works and how we progressed through history so imagine that we do find ourselves in this world with a rug has been pulled out from beneath our feet
Video examples
The opportunity of...
And, most importantly, there's a partnership between those perceived deficiencies and our greatest creative ability. So it's not about devaluing, or negating, these more trying times as something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug,
Video examples
It's time for the law to...
rather than relying on educational institutions to do so. And that's really important, because educational institutions have historically swept gender violence under the rug, much like our criminal justice system does today.
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
and let me tell you that this was the first time when a campaign was launched by me or anywhere in the world, to educate and sensitize the consumers to create a demand for child-labor-free rugs.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Louise Erdrich
American Writer
I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don't predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble - but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise.
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Tove Lo
Swedish Musician
I'm from a fancy, well-raised background. We were very well-behaved and not allowed to swear. It's the kind of place where people hide their problems under the rug and pretend it's all perfect. Eventually, you get sick of that.
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Mark Schultz
American Athlete
Stability is the number one thing you need to be successful in anything. I constantly had the rug pulled out from under me. I think people were jealous of me. I think people saw me as this guy who could conquer the world.
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Ben Sasse
American Politician
One important lesson I learned over and over is that, when you walk into any troubled organization, there is a delicate balance between expressing human empathy and yet not passively sweeping hard truths under the rug.
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Demi Lovato
American Musician
I want to get to the point where one day I don't have to have anything but a rug and a microphone stand on stage and still be able to sell out places like Madison Square Garden, like Bruce Springsteen does.
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Erin Brockovich
American Activist
I'm concerned that we don't address the water pollution problems in other countries. If we move forward and don't clean up the messes of the past, they'll just get swept under the rug.
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Zac Efron
American Actor
Don't get me wrong - I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
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Lili Reinhart
American Actress
For teenage kids, they feel a pressure to sweep things under the rug because they feel like they're not important enough to have problems.
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Jacques Prevert
French Poet
An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.
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Jeff Ross
American Comedian
It's up to comedians to shine the light on what's wrong in the world, and we don't want things swept under the rug.
Quote examples
Louise Erdrich
American Writer
I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don't predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble - but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise.
Quote examples
Tove Lo
Swedish Musician
I'm from a fancy, well-raised background. We were very well-behaved and not allowed to swear. It's the kind of place where people hide their problems under the rug and pretend it's all perfect. Eventually, you get sick of that.
Quote examples
Mark Schultz
American Athlete
Stability is the number one thing you need to be successful in anything. I constantly had the rug pulled out from under me. I think people were jealous of me. I think people saw me as this guy who could conquer the world.
Quote examples
Ben Sasse
American Politician
One important lesson I learned over and over is that, when you walk into any troubled organization, there is a delicate balance between expressing human empathy and yet not passively sweeping hard truths under the rug.
Quote examples
Demi Lovato
American Musician
I want to get to the point where one day I don't have to have anything but a rug and a microphone stand on stage and still be able to sell out places like Madison Square Garden, like Bruce Springsteen does.
Quote examples
Erin Brockovich
American Activist
I'm concerned that we don't address the water pollution problems in other countries. If we move forward and don't clean up the messes of the past, they'll just get swept under the rug.
Quote examples
Zac Efron
American Actor
Don't get me wrong - I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
Quote examples
Lili Reinhart
American Actress
For teenage kids, they feel a pressure to sweep things under the rug because they feel like they're not important enough to have problems.
Quote examples
Jacques Prevert
French Poet
An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.
Quote examples
Jeff Ross
American Comedian
It's up to comedians to shine the light on what's wrong in the world, and we don't want things swept under the rug.
Example 1 of 10
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