rug Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Rug noun
Etymology
Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See Rough, a.
Definitions
  1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
    They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him. Holinshed.
  2. A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potière, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
  3. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog. B. Johnson.
Rug transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. Scot. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913