scrub
Plural: scrubs
Noun
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
- A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- An instance of scrubbing.
- A cancellation.
- A worn-out brush.
- One who scrubs.
- That which scrubs.
- That which scrubs.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
Verb
Verb Forms: scrubbed, scrubbing, scrubs
- To rub hard in order to clean something.
- clean with hard rubbing
- "She scrubbed his back"
- wash thoroughly
- "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- "we had to scrub our vacation plans"
- 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
- To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- To be diligent and penurious
- To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
Adjective Satellite
- (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
Adj
- Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
Examples
- Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather.
- He had to SCRUB his initial strategy after drawing a terrible rack of letters.
- oak scrub
- The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system.
- to scrub a floor
- to scrub hard for a living
- to scrub your fingernails
- Wow, she really scored 0? What a scrub!
Origin / Etymology
Late Middle English in the sense of "stunted tree," a variant of shrub, possibly under Old Norse influence.
Synonyms
bush, call off, cancel, chaparral, scour, scouring, scratch, scrub up, scrubbing, seek, surgical gown
Scrabble Score: 9
scrub: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordscrub: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scrub: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary