| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɹɐb/ |
| Hyphenation | rub |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑮𐑳𐑚 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) rub | (I) rubbed |
| (thou) rubbest | (thou) rubbedst |
| (he) rubs, rubbeth | (he) rubbed |
| (we) rub | (we) rubbed |
| (you) rub | (you) rubbed |
| (they) rub | (they) rubbed |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) rub | (I) rubbed |
| (thou) rub | (thou) rubbed |
| (he) rub | (he) rubbed |
| (we) rub | (we) rubbed |
| (you) rub | (you) rubbed |
| (they) rub | (they) rubbed |
| Imperative mood | |
| rub | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| rubbing | rubbed |
| Catalan | fregar |
|---|---|
| Czech | třít |
| Danish | gnide |
| Dutch | wrijven |
| Esperanto | froti |
| Faeroese | gníggja |
| Finnish | hieroa |
| French | frotter |
| German | reiben |
| Latin | fricare |
| Low German | wryven |
| Luxemburgish | reiwen |
| Malay | gosok; menggosok |
| Norwegian | gni; gnu |
| Papiamento | frega |
| Polish | trzeć |
| Portuguese | esfregar; friccionar |
| Romanian | freca |
| Russian | тереть |
| Saterland Frisian | frottieren; ouwrieuwe; rubje; wrieuwe |
| Scottish Gaelic | suath |
| Spanish | frotar |
| Sranan | frifi; griti; lobi; wrifi |
| Swedish | riva |
| Thai | ขีด |
| West Frisian | wriuwe |
| Yiddish | רײַבן |