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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

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Noun:

  • A cancellation.
  • An instance of scrubbing.
  • A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak '''scrub''', palmetto '''scrub''', etc.
  • A worn-out brush.
  • plural Clothing worn while performing surgery.
  • One not on the first team of players, a substitute.
  • One who is a freak or unable to complete easy tasks.
  • One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
  • One who scrubs.
  • rfv-sense gaming One who is no longer new to a game but still exhibits novice tendencies.
  • stock breeding One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. 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.

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Verb:

  • figuratively To be diligent and penurious; as, to '''scrub''' hard for a living.
  • intransitive To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour;
  • transitive To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
  • 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; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.

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