1. The inscription on the stone tablet has been rubbed away by the hands of countless tourists over the centuries.

2. The paint has been rubbed away from the edges of the table.

3. You need a thorough massage to get the pains rubbed away.

4. Had the ex-scumnik's laboriously acquired veneer rubbed away, though, at the prospect of mayhem?

5. She licked her undamaged forefinger and rubbed away the tear traces.

6. Her hand shook and she guiltily rubbed away a few drops that splashed on to the quarry-tiled floor with a soft-soled slipper.

7. Trying to get the silverwarecleanwe have to exert ourselves to rub away for hours.

8. Wet a rag with a solvent such as nail polish remover and rub away stains.

9. The central meaning shared by these verbs is . to wear down or rub away a surface by or as if by scraping.

10. I put it on right before bed and in the morning I rub my lips with a soft wet washcloth to rub away the product and dry layers of skin.

1. Trying to get the silverwarecleanwe have to exert ourselves to rub away for hours.