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scrub·bing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word scrubbing.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. scrub, scrubbing, scouringnoun

    the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

Wiktionary

  1. scrubbingnoun

    An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scrubbing

    of Scrub

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrubbing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrubbing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of scrubbing in a Sentence

  1. Mike Pence:

    The president-elect is absolutely committed to scrubbing the federal budget with the eye of a businessman.

  2. Morgan Brashear:

    Their two biggest frustrations with the dish-washing process are the soaking and the scrubbing.

  3. Jonathan Stanley:

    We're scrubbing the numbers and saying, with oil at $50 to $60 a barrel, who can survive? We're looking at Halcon closely.

  4. Abigail Disney:

    Bob needs to understand that Disney CEO Bob Iger is an employee just the same as the people scrubbing gum off the sidewalk are employees, and they're entitled to the same dignity and human rights that Disney CEO Bob Iger is.

  5. John Kostyack:

    Facebook would like us to believe that its magical algorithms are somehow scrubbing its website of extremist content, yet those very same algorithms are auto-generating pages with titles like I Love Islamic State, which are ideal for terrorists to use for networking and recruiting.

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