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scrub

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1. scrub - Noun

2. scrub - Adjective

3. scrub - Verb

4. scrub - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.

Something small and mean.

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.

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Call off the engagement Source: Internet

cancel the dinner party Source: Internet

we had to scrub our vacation plans Source: Internet

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She scrubbed his back Source: Internet

surgeons must scrub prior to an operation Source: Internet

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