SCRUB

scrub

(adjective) (of domestic animals) not selectively bred

scrub, scrubbing, scouring

(noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

scrub, chaparral, bush

(noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

scrub, scrub up

(verb) wash thoroughly; “surgeons must scrub prior to an operation”

scrub, scour

(verb) clean with hard rubbing; “She scrubbed his back”

cancel, call off, scratch, scrub

(verb) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; “Call off the engagement”; “cancel the dinner party”; “we had to scrub our vacation plans”; “scratch that meeting--the chair is ill”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

scrub (comparative more scrub, superlative most scrub)

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Noun

scrub (plural scrubs)

One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.

A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant

(US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.

Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.

One not on the first team of players; a substitute.

Etymology 2

Verb

scrub (third-person singular simple present scrubs, present participle scrubbing, simple past and past participle scrubbed)

(transitive) 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

(intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

(intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious

(transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

(databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets

(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.

(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

Synonym: seek

Noun

scrub (plural scrubs)

An instance of scrubbing.

A cancellation.

A worn-out brush.

One who scrubs.

(medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.

(by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).

An exfoliant for the body.

Synonyms

• (clothing worn during surgery): surgical gown

Anagrams

• curbs

Source: Wiktionary

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Scrub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrubbing.] Etym: [OE. scrobben, probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sckrubbe, Sw. skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]

Definition: 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; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.

Scrub, v. i.

Definition: To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.

Scrub, n.

1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A sorry scrub." Bunyan. We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. Goldsmith.

2. Something small and mean.

3. A worn-out brush. Ainsworth.

4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.

5. (Stock Breeding)

Definition: One of the commen live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] Scrub bird (Zoöl.), an Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidæ, as Atrichia clamosa; -- called also brush bird.

– Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree (Q. Catesbæi); that of the Rocky Mountain region is Q. undulata, var. Gambelii.

– Scrub robin (Zoöl.), an Australian singing bird of the genus Drymodes.

Scrub, a.

Definition: Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. How solitary, how scrub, does this town lokk! Walpole. No little scrub joint shall come on my board. Swift. Scrub game, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.

– Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained animals or contestants.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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