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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scrub1 /skrʌb/USA pronunciation v., scrubbed, scrub•bing, n. v. - to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., in washing: [~ + object]to scrub your face.[no object]Be sure to scrub hard with a brush or the dirt won't come off.
- to remove (dirt, etc.) from something by hard rubbing while washing:[~ + object]to scrub grime from the walls.
- Chemistry to remove (impure parts) from a gas by chemical means:[~ + object]to scrub sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas.
- [Informal.]to cancel or postpone, as a rocket launch:[~ + object]The mission had to be scrubbed because of a computer malfunction.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of scrubbing.
scrub•ber, n. [countable]scrub2 /skrʌb/USA pronunciation n. - Botany low trees or shrubs thought of as a group:[uncountable]jackals hiding in the scrub.
- Botany[uncountable] a large area covered with low trees and shrubs.
- [countable][Sports.]a player not on the first-string team.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scrub1 (skrub),USA pronunciation v., scrubbed, scrub•bing, n. v.t. - to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- to subject to friction;
rub. - to remove (dirt, grime, etc.) from something by hard rubbing while washing.
- Chemistryto remove (impurities or undesirable components) from a gas by chemical means, as sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas or carbon dioxide from exhaled air in life-support packs.
- Aerospaceto cancel or postpone (a space flight or part of a mission):Ground control scrubbed the spacewalk.
- Slang Termsto do away with;
cancel:Scrub your vacation plans--there's work to do!
v.i. - to cleanse something by hard rubbing.
- to cleanse one's hands and arms as a preparation to performing or assisting in surgery (often fol. by up).
n. - an act or instance of scrubbing.
- Aerospacea canceled or postponed space flight, launching, scheduled part of a space mission, etc.
- something, as a cosmetic preparation, used for scrubbing.
- Middle Dutch schrobben
- Middle English scrobben (noun, nominal) 1300–50
- Botanylow trees or shrubs collectively.
- Botanya large area covered with low trees and shrubs, as the Australian bush.
- Animal Husbandrya domestic animal of mixed or inferior breeding;
mongrel. - a small or insignificant person.
- anything undersized or inferior.
- Sporta player not belonging to the varsity or regular team;
a player who is not first-string.
adj. - small, undersized, or stunted.
- inferior or insignificant.
- Botanyabounding in or covered with low trees and shrubs:They rode through scrub country.
- Scandinavian; compare dialect, dialectal Danish skrub brushwood; see shrub1
- Middle English 1350–1400
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