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# rug

«rug» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thick piece of cloth that covers part of a floor** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rug, rugs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rug is a thick piece of cloth that covers part of a floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#m1)

2) A rug (UK) can also be a thick blanket, for a knee or a picnic: a travel rug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#m2)

3) «Pull the rug out from under someone» means suddenly take away their help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a rectangle with length and width; area of the rug or floor left uncovered; price of rugs; circular rugs need area of a circle. In everyday life: rugs in living rooms and classrooms (the reading rug, the carpet area). In stories: a magic flying rug (carpet); «snug as a bug in a rug».

### examples

- A rug is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x1)
- What is the area of the rug? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x2)
- The room is 10 by 12 feet; how much floor is not covered by the rug? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x3)
- Each rug costs $40. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x4)
- The children sat on the reading rug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x5)
- The dog sleeps on the rug by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x6)
- We took a picnic rug to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x7)
- Snug as a bug in a rug! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x8)
- The rug slipped, so we put a grip mat under it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x9)
- There were carpets, and rugs, and window curtains hanging to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/#x10)

### note

Covering means area: length × width; floor left = room area − rug area. Trap: do not use perimeter for covering. A rug covers part of the floor; a carpet usually covers all of it. Safety: loose rugs can make people trip.

### In the corpora

- [Many share a sofa, and some curl up asleep on the same rug, especially if they met when young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats/2/)
- [Your dog is fast asleep on the rug, but its paws are paddling, its lips twitch and it gives tiny muffled woofs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rug» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rug/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.