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- [skruhb]
- /skrʌb/
- /skrʌb/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skruhb]
- /skrʌb/
Definitions of scrub word
- verb with object scrub to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing. 1
- verb with object scrub to subject to friction; rub. 1
- verb with object scrub to remove (dirt, grime, etc.) from something by hard rubbing while washing. 1
- verb with object scrub Chemistry. to remove (impurities or undesirable components) from a gas by chemical means, as sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas or carbon dioxide from exhaled air in life-support packs. 1
- verb with object scrub to cancel or postpone (a space flight or part of a mission): Ground control scrubbed the spacewalk. 1
- verb with object scrub Slang. to do away with; cancel: Scrub your vacation plans—there's work to do! 1
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Origin of scrub
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English scrobben (noun) < Middle Dutch schrobben
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Scrub
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scrub popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scrub usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scrub
verb scrub
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- adios — goodbye; farewell
- annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
noun scrub
- boscage — a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket
- bracken — Bracken is a large plant with leaves that are divided into many thin sections. It grows on hills and in woods.
- briar — A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- brushwood — Brushwood consists of small pieces of wood that have broken off trees and bushes.
- bush — A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.
adj scrub
- chunky — A chunky person is broad and heavy.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- miter — the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
adjective scrub
- mitre — to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
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