Scrub Definition

skrŭb

scrubbed, scrubbing, scrubs

verb

scrubbed, scrubbing, scrubs

To remove (dirt, etc.) by brushing or rubbing.

Webster's New World

To rub hard.

Webster's New World

To cleanse (a gas) of impurities.

Webster's New World

To maintain the integrity of by finding and correcting errors.

Software that automatically scrubs stored data.

American Heritage

To clean or wash by rubbing or brushing hard.

Webster's New World

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noun

scrubs

A preparation or product used in scrubbing.

American Heritage

The articles of clothing that make up a scrub suit.

American Heritage

The act or an instance of scrubbing.

American Heritage

A scraggly, stunted tree or shrub.

Webster's New World

Any animal or thing smaller than the usual, or inferior in quality, breed, etc.

Webster's New World

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adjective

Mean; poor; inferior.

Webster's New World

Undersized, undernourished, or stunted.

Webster's New World

Of or for the scrubs.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Scrub

Singular:

scrub

Plural:

Middle English shrubben, scrobben to currycomb a horse, rub oneself from Middle Dutch schrobben to clean by rubbing, scrape sker-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English shrubben, scrobben to currycomb a horse, rub oneself from Middle Dutch schrobben to clean by rubbing, scrape sker-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English scrobben (“groom a horse with a currycomb"); From Middle Dutch schrobben (“clean by scrubbing")

From Wiktionary
Middle English variant of shrub shrub¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English variant of shrub shrub¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition