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    Scrub
    /skrəb/

    verb

    • 1. rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water: "he had to scrub the floor" Similar scourrubbrushsponge

    noun

    • 1. an act of scrubbing something or someone: "give the floor a good scrub"
    • 2. a semiabrasive cosmetic lotion applied to the face or body in order to cleanse the skin: "don't use facial scrubs if your skin is sensitive"
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  3. Definition of scrub verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. When you scrub something, you wash it forcefully. You might scrub your dirty bathtub with a brush and some bleach, for example. When you scrub your floor, you use elbow grease — in other words, you work hard to get the floor clean.

  5. to permanently erase (a hard drive, server, etc.), usually by writing over space where data had been stored and was later deleted, so that deleted data cannot be recovered: Scrub your computer’s hard drive before you sell or donate it.

  6. Scrub definition: to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing. See examples of SCRUB used in a sentence.

  7. scrub meaning, definition, what is scrub: to rub something hard, especially with a...: Learn more.

  8. scrub definition: 1. to clean something by rubbing it hard with a brush: 2. bushes and small trees that grow in a…. Learn more.

  9. 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.

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