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Definition of 'Scrub'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) scrub
to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., in washing.

2.  scrub
to remove (dirt, grime, etc.) from something by hard rubbing while washing.

3.  scrub
to remove (impurities or undesirable components) from a gas by chemical means.

4.  scrub
Informal. to cancel or postpone, as a rocket launch.

5. (v.i.) scrub
to cleanse something by hard rubbing.

6.  scrub
to cleanse one's hands and arms as a preparation for performing surgery (often fol. by up).

7. (n.) scrub
an act or instance of scrubbing.

8.  scrub
a cosmetic preparation used for scrubbing.

9. (n.) scrub
low trees or shrubs collectively.

10.  scrub
a large area covered with low trees and shrubs, as the Australian bush.

11.  scrub
a domestic animal of mixed or inferior breeding; mongrel.

12.  scrub
anything undersized or inferior.

13.  scrub
Sports. a player who is not on the regular, or first-string, team.

14. (adj.) scrub
small or stunted.

15.  scrub
inferior or insignificant.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < Scand)

Definition of 'Scrub'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) scrub, chaparral, bush
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

2. (adj) scrub, scrubbing, scouring
the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

3. (verb) scrub
(of domestic animals) not selectively bred

4. (verb) scrub, scour
clean with hard rubbing
"She scrubbed his back"

5. (verb) scrub, scrub up
wash thoroughly
"surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"

6. (verb) cancel, call off, scratch, scrub
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
"Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

Definition of 'Scrub'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) scrub
to clean by rubbing hard
He was scrubbing the dirt off his hands.

Definition of 'Scrub'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Scrub
mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby

2. (noun) Scrub
one who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow

3. (noun) Scrub
something small and mean

4. (noun) Scrub
a worn-out brush

5. (noun) Scrub
a thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc

6. (noun) Scrub
one of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc

7. (verb) Scrub
to rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate

8. (verb) Scrub
to rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living

Translation of 'Scrub'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to rub hard in order to clean She's scrubbing the floor.
Afrikaans: skrop	Arabic: يَفْرُك	Bulgarian: жуля
Brazilian: esfregar	Czech: (vy)drhnout	German: schrubben
Danish: skure	Greek: τρίβω, καθαρίζω τρίβοντας	Spanish: fregar bien, restregar
Estonian: küürima	Farsi: خراشيدن	Finnish: hangata
French: frotter (à la brosse)	Hebrew: לְקַרצֵף	Hindi: मार्जन करना
Croatian: ribati	Hungarian: sikál	Indonesian: menggosok
Icelandic: skrúbba, skúra	Italian: lavare (fregando)	Japanese: ごしごし洗う
Korean: 문지르다	Lithuanian: šveisti, trinti, grandyti	Latvian: berzt (ar suku u.tml.)
Malay: menyental	Dutch: schrobben	Norwegian: skure, skrubbe, vaske
Polish: szorować	Persian: خراشيدن	Pashto: پاکول
Portuguese: esfregar	Romanian: a freca (cu peria)	Russian: скрести, чистить
Slovak: drhnúť	Slovenian: ribati	Serbian: ribati
Swedish: skura, skrubba	Thai: ถูอย่างแรงเพื่อให้สะอาด	Turkish: ovmak, fırçalamak
Taiwanese: 刮洗	Ukrainian: терти, шкребти	Urdu: ہاتھ رگڑ کر صاف کرنا
Vietnamese: lau chùi; cọ rửa	Chinese: 擦洗
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