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Definition of Scrub

1. Noun. Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.

2. Verb. Clean with hard rubbing. "The chefs scrub the vegetables"; "She scrubbed his back"

3. Adjective. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred.

4. Noun. The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.

5. Verb. Wash thoroughly. "Surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"

6. Verb. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. "Scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

Definition of Scrub

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. n. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

4. a. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

5. n. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush. See Brush, above.

Definition of Scrub

1. to rub hard in order to clean [v SCRUBBED, SCRUBBING, SCRUBS]

Medical Definition of Scrub

1. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A sorry scrub." "We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us." (Goldsmith) 2. Something small and mean. 3. A worn-out brush. 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. 5. One of the commen live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially. When inferior in size, etc. Scrub bird, an Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; called also brush bird. Scrub oak, an Australian singing bird of the genus Drymodes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrub

scrow scrow scrowdge scrowdged scrowdges scrowl scrowle scrowled scrowles scrowling

scrowls scrows scroyle scroyles scrub (current term) scrub (current term) scrub-bird scrubbable scrubbed scrubber

scrubber scrubbers scrubbier scrubbiest scrubbily scrubbing scrubbing brush scrubbird scrubby scrubby

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