| scrub | | |
| n. (group) | 1. bush, chaparral, scrub | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. |
| ~ botany, flora, vegetation | all the plant life in a particular region or period.; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
| n. (act) | 2. scouring, scrub, scrubbing | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water. |
| ~ cleaning, cleansing, cleanup | the act of making something clean.; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" |
| ~ mopping, swabbing | cleaning with a mop.; "he gave it a good mopping" |
| v. (contact) | 3. scour, scrub | clean with hard rubbing.; "She scrubbed his back" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ holystone | scrub with a holystone.; "holystone the ship's deck" |
| v. (body) | 4. scrub, scrub up | wash thoroughly.; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation" |
| ~ lave, wash | cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. |
| v. (social) | 5. call off, cancel, scratch, scrub | 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" |
| ~ schedule | make a schedule; plan the time and place for events.; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon" |
| adj. | 6. scrub | (of domestic animals) not selectively bred. |
| ~ unimproved | not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing.; "taxes on unimproved land are low"; "unimproved dirt roads" |
Recent comments
2 weeks 6 days ago
4 weeks 2 days ago
19 weeks 4 days ago
19 weeks 4 days ago
19 weeks 4 days ago
20 weeks 2 days ago
24 weeks 3 days ago
25 weeks 2 days ago
26 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 1 day ago