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scrub English

Meaning scrub meaning

What does scrub mean?
Definitions in simple English

scrub Verb

— When you scrub something, you use a piece of cloth to rub very hard against an object just to clean it. No matter how hard I scrub, I can never make this shirt shine again.

scrub

— verb clean with hard rubbing She scrubbed his back — verb wash thoroughly surgeons must scrub prior to an operation — noun (= bush) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes — noun the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water — adjective (of domestic animals) not selectively bred — verb (= cancel, call off, scratch) 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

Synonyms scrub synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as scrub?

scrub English » English

rub scour wash wipe brush thicket scrape bush rub in polish mop clean cleanse chaparral undergrowth swab scrubby scratch scouring rub vigorously chafe cancel burnish brushwood abrade strip smear shrubs shrub scrubbing scrub up mongrel jungle grind forest exfoliate call off buff wretched wear washout washing washery wash out wash clothes void underbred turn inside out turkey triturate

Topics scrub topics

What do people use scrub to talk about?
Daily life Cleaning

Sweep, rake
Universe, creation

Plant
Universe, creation Plant

Tree
Daily life

Cleaning
Daily life Cleaning

Wash clothes
Work and occupation Work Method Plan

Cancel an event

Conjugation scrub conjugation

How do you conjugate scrub?

scrub · verb

Examples scrub examples

How do I use scrub in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I couldn't scrub the stain out.
As a punishment, the disgraced Greenpeace volunteer had to scrub oil from an otter's fur with his own toothbrush.
Would you scrub my back, please.

Movie subtitles

How hard do ya scrub?
Scrub yourself with that lye soap, 'fore I scrub you myself. I'm gonna put these britches in the boiling pot.
And scrub all the floors today.
Watch out, I'll scrub you off the ship.
Mrs. William Rice, scrub lady, while scrubbing the eigth floor was shot by one of the sheriff's deputies.
There goes another scrub lady!
I knew someday I'd come back to La Veronica to scrub the floors.
Scrub and scrub, Mr. Coal would lie there and laugh at you.
Belle, scrub the floor. We're going to be late for the duchess.
Just scrub 'em and polish 'em.
Hey, you better go and scrub up a bit, you're pretty dirty.
He tells me to scrub up.
Hey, Denny, scrub my back.
Scrub yourself with that lye soap, 'fore I scrub you myself.
A what? - Want me to scrub your back a bit, dear?
Scrub and scrub, Mr Coal would lie there and laugh at you.
For hours the Tibetans meet outside to cleanse and scrub each other down.
I must attend to errands in the village. In the meantime, would you go to the well in the garden and scrub your hands and faces.
Belle, scrub the floor.
There were two scrub women.
Scrub the terrace. Sweep the halls and the stairs. Clean the chimneys.
Scrub up around my wrist.
Well, Henry was good enough when we were nothing but poor scrub farmers.
Mrs. William Rice, age 55, scrub lady, while scrubbing the eighth floor, was shot in the left leg by one of Sheriff Hartwell's deputies.
I want a scrub brush.
A scrub brush.
I'll cook, I'll scrub.
You'll ask me to scrub the floors next.

News and current affairs

The washing machine liberated women from spending endless hours carrying water and beating clothing on scrub boards.
Nonetheless, this is Adolf Hitler's native land, where Jews were once forced to scrub Vienna's streets with toothbrushes before being deported and killed, so the result is disturbing.
As mayor of Shanghai, he once disciplined his tourist bureau officials by making them scrub the city's public toilets themselves.

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