Noun

(en noun)

A partial covering for a floor.

(UK, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.

* 1855 , , A Boy?s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert?s Note-Book , page 254,

They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.

* 1906 July 27, Government Gazette of Western Australia , page 2297,

Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug', and, in winter time, not less than one additional ' rug .

* 1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia , Volume 22, page 181,

My own son had a bunny rug' of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny ' rug to suck his finger with.?

* 1997 , Alan Sharpe, Vivien Encel, Murder!: 25 True Australian Crimes , page 22,

He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay down by the fire.

A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.

* Holinshed

They spin the choicest rug' in Ireland. A friend of mine repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford ' rugs .

A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.

(slang) A wig; a hairpiece.

Noun

(en noun)

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March–April

, author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps , diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

(mathematics)   A function.

The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always maps.

(topology)   A continuous function.

A diagram of components of an item.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}

The butterfly .

(UK, old-fashioned)   Someone's face.

* {{quote-book

, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught. He looked like Jack Dempsey at the conclusion of his first conference with Gene Tunney, the occasion, if you remember, when he forgot to duck.}}

(board games, computer games)   A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.

"I don't want to play this map again!"