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Meaning of 'scrub' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scrub [ a.]
- Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
2 . Scrub [ n.]
- One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- Something small and mean.
- A worn-out brush.
- A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
- One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.
3 . Scrub [ v. i.]
- To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
4 . Scrub [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'scrub' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scrub [ v]
Meaning (1):
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
Example in sentence:
  • Call off the engagement;
  • cancel the dinner party;
  • scratch that meeting--the chair is ill;
  • we had to scrub our vacation plans
Meaning (2):
- clean with hard rubbing
Example in sentence:
  • She scrubbed his back
Meaning (3):
- wash thoroughly
Example in sentence:
  • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation

Nearby Words:

scrabbed eggs scrabble scrabbled scrabbling scraber scraffle scrag scrag-necked scragged scraggedness

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