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
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
Synonyms:
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

Noun

Singular:
scrub
Plural:
scrubs

Origin of Scrub

  • 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

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