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    scrub
    /skrʌb/

    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
    • 2. cancel or abandon (something): informal "the first two races had to be scrubbed because of blustery winds and rough seas" Similar abolishscrapthrow outabandonOpposite keeprestore

    noun

    • 1. an act of scrubbing something or someone: "give the floor a good scrub"
    • 2. a semi-abrasive 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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  2. The meaning of SCRUB is a stunted tree or shrub. How to use scrub in a sentence.

  3. SCRUB definition: 1. to rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water: 2…. Learn more.

  4. 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.

  5. To clean or wash something by hard rubbing: Don't forget to scrub behind your ears. n. 1. The act or an instance of scrubbing. 2. A preparation or product used in scrubbing. To wash the hands and arms thoroughly, as before performing or participating in surgery.

  6. If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water.

  7. 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.

  8. SCRUB meaning: 1. to rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water: 2…. Learn more.

  9. 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.

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

  11. Definition of scrub verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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