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scrub

noun

1 scrub

Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.

synonyms: bush, chaparral.

Roget 367: vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure.    plant; tree, shrub, bush; creeper; herb, herbage; grass.    annual; ... show more

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Roget 876: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, ... show more

Polish: chaszcze, debra, zarośla

2 scrub

The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.

synonyms: scouring, scrubbing.

Polish: szorowanie

verb

1 scrub

Clean with hard rubbing:
— She scrubbed his back.

synonym: scour.

Roget 331: rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw; ... show more

Roget 652: be clean, render clean etc. adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, ... show more

2 scrub

Wash thoroughly:
— Surgeons must scrub prior to an operation.

synonym: scrub up.

3 scrub

Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled:
— We had to scrub our vacation plans.

synonyms: call off, cancel, scratch.

Dutch: afketsen, afspringen, afstuiten, annuleren, doorhalen, schrappen

adjective

1 scrub

of domestic animals Not selectively bred.


Moby thesaurus: a nobody, a nothing, abandon, ablate, ablation, ablution, abort, abrade, abrase, abrasion, abrasive, afforestation, arboretum, attrition, baptize, bark, bath, bathe, belay, boondocks ... show more.

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