RUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rug mean? 

• RUG (noun)
  The noun RUG has 1 sense:

1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

  Familiarity information: RUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carpet; carpeting; rug

Hypernyms ("rug" is a kind of...):

floor cover; floor covering (a covering for a floor)

furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)

Meronyms (parts of "rug"):

edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rug"):

broadloom (a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams)

Brussels carpet (a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern)

drugget (a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling)

flying carpet ((Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go)

hearthrug (a rug spread out in front of a fireplace)

Kurdistan (an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability)

nammad; numdah; numdah rug (an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt)

prayer mat; prayer rug (a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions)

red carpet (a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on)

runner (a long narrow carpet)

scatter rug; throw rug (a small rug; several can be used in a room)

shag rug (a rug with long pile)

stair-carpet (a strip of carpet for laying on stairs)

Wilton; Wilton carpet (a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile)

 Context examples 

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I stood on the rug and warmed my hands, which were rather cold with sitting at a distance from the drawing-room fire.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Can you defend your conduct if you do, sir?” said Mr. Spenlow, stopping short upon the hearth-rug.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Her husband lies snoring on the kitchen rug. Here are his keys, which are the duplicates of Mr. Rucastle’s.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sheets were made of blue cloth, and Dorothy slept soundly in them till morning, with Toto curled up on the blue rug beside her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

To the horror of Mr. White and Mr. Ford, they saw their business manager shaken like an Astrakhan rug.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Or you might buy new furniture, a rug, linens, tableware, or other elements to add to your home.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Then I make a fire; and near it I make Madam Mina, now awake and more charming than ever, sit comfortable amid her rugs.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

This was approached by four steps carpeted with the same material, while all round were scattered rich cushions, oriental mats and costly rugs of fur.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the window was a sumptuous writing-desk, and every detail of the apartment, the pictures, the rugs, and the hangings, all pointed to a taste which was luxurious to the verge of effeminacy.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)