rubbing

n.

1. The act of polishing, cleaning, or drying.
2. A representation of a raised or indented surface made by placing paper over the surface and rubbing the paper gently with a marking agent such as charcoal or chalk.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
  Synonym: friction

Meaning #2: representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal

Meaning #3: effort expended in rubbing one object against another
  Synonyms: friction, detrition

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gnidning, frottering, gnidebillede, aftryk

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    antiseptisk middel

Nederlands (Dutch)
wrijven(d), afwrijftekening

Français (French)
n. - friction, frottement, reproduction par frottement

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    alcool à friction

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kreidekopie

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    Alkohol zum Einreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εντριβή, ξεπατίκωμα

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    οινόπνευμα για εντριβές

Italiano (Italian)
copia ad impressione, sfregamento

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    alcol da massaggi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desenho feito passando o lápis sobre um desenho em relevo

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    desinfetante

Русский (Russian)
трение, натирание, полирование, копировка притиранием

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    спирт для протирания тела

Español (Spanish)
n. - frotamiento, roce, calco

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    alcohol

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gnidning, frottage

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
摩擦, 按摩, 研磨, 拓印

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    外用酒精

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 摩擦, 按摩, 研磨, 拓印

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    外用酒精

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 문지름, 마찰, 탁본

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - こすること, 摩擦, マッサージ, 石刷り, 拓本, 磨くこと

idioms:

• rubbing alcohol    消毒用アルコール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وضع ورقه فوق سطح منحوت وحك الورقه ليطبع الشكل على الورقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעשה-שפשוף, שפשוף תבליט‬

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