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- DictionaryScrub/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"
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"
1. a. : a stunted tree or shrub. b. : vegetation consisting chiefly of scrubs. c. : a tract covered with scrub. 2. : a domestic animal of mixed or unknown parentage and usually inferior conformation : mongrel.
the act of rubbing something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water: Kids, give your hands a good scrub and come and get your dinner!
scrubs, a uniform, durably designed for frequent washing and sanitizing, usually consisting of pants and a loose-fitting top, worn by doctors, nurses, and other medical staff, especially during surgery: nursing scrubs.
the act of rubbing something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water: Kids, give your hands a good scrub and come and get your dinner!
1. to rub (a surface) hard, with or as if with a brush, soap, and water, in order to clean it. 2. to remove (dirt), esp by rubbing with a brush and water. 3. (Surgery) (foll by: up) (of a surgeon) to wash the hands and arms thoroughly before operating. 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.
Jun 17, 2024 · scrub (third-person singular simple present scrubs, present participle scrubbing, simple past and past participle scrubbed) 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
Scrub your computer’s hard drive before you sell or donate it. to delete (negative or damaging online content relating to someone or something) so as to erase it from public record or social media:
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.
scrub. [transitive, intransitive] to clean something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush and usually with soap and water. scrub something/yourself I found him in the kitchen, scrubbing the floor. He stepped into the shower and scrubbed himself all over.
