What does "rob" mean?
A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
Rob
/ɹɔb/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
- Grammar: rob is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: albumen, batter, bereave, bereaved.
- Useful contrasts: allow, enable, give.
- Usage evidence: As these trees grow tall, they rob the grass of light.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes. uncountable
"[I]nſtead of Honey, Rob of Elder, Conſerve of Roſes, or Syrup of Violets; Glyſters, Pedilavia of emollient Decoctions with Nitre; or Elder, Vinegar, or Focus's of the ſame, applied with Sponges behind the Ears, to the Armpits, Groins, Hams, &c. or with Barley-water and a little Roſe-vinegar."
- 2 Region of background (in digital images).
Verb
- 1 To steal from, especially using force or violence. transitive
"He robbed three banks before he was caught."
- 2 rip off; ask an unreasonable price wordnet
- 3 To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud. transitive
"The best way to rob a bank is to own one."
- 4 take something away by force or without the consent of the owner wordnet
- 5 To deprive (of). figuratively, transitive
"Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening."
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- 6 To burgle. slang, transitive
"Her house was robbed."
- 7 To steal. UK, slang, transitive
"That bloke robbed my phone!"
- 8 To commit robbery. intransitive
- 9 To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
"Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break."
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
"And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech."
- 2 A surname transferred from the given name, derived from Robert.
Example
"As these trees grow tall, they rob the grass of light."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "rob"?
Common synonyms include: albumen, batter, bereave, bereaved, bereaves, bereaving.
How do you use "rob" in a sentence?
As these trees grow tall, they rob the grass of light.
How do you pronounce "rob"?
Pronounced /ɹɔb/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin rob, from Arabic ربّ (“thickened fruit juice”). Compare French rob, Spanish rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Persian ربودن (present stem: robâ).