Scrub
verb
To clean something by rubbing hard.
I scrubbed the kitchen floor until it was sparkling clean.
Often appears as...
- scrub clean
- scrub hard
noun
Short, shrubby plants, especially those growing widely in dry places.
In the desert, one could see miles of scrub with hardly any tall trees.
Often appears as...
- desert scrub
- scrub vegetation
verb
To cancel or postpone.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, they had to scrub the mission.
Often appears as...
- scrub a mission
- scrub a plan
Usage tips
Neutral
noun
A person who is not good at something, especially a game or sport.
He's a scrub at basketball, he always misses the hoop.
Often appears as...
- total scrub
- basketball scrub
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A medical professional, usually a nurse, who assists in surgical operations.
The scrub handed the surgeon proper instruments during the operation.
Often appears as...
- theatre scrub
- scrub nurse
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Technical
noun
A product used to exfoliate the skin.
She uses a facial scrub once a week to keep her skin glowing.
Often appears as...
- facial scrub
- body scrub
Usage tips
Modern
verb
To clean something by rubbing hard.
I scrubbed the kitchen floor until it was sparkling clean.
Often appears as...
- scrub clean
- scrub hard
noun
Short, shrubby plants, especially those growing widely in dry places.
In the desert, one could see miles of scrub with hardly any tall trees.
Often appears as...
- desert scrub
- scrub vegetation
verb
To cancel or postpone.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, they had to scrub the mission.
Often appears as...
- scrub a mission
- scrub a plan
Usage tips
Neutral
noun
A person who is not good at something, especially a game or sport.
He's a scrub at basketball, he always misses the hoop.
Often appears as...
- total scrub
- basketball scrub
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A medical professional, usually a nurse, who assists in surgical operations.
The scrub handed the surgeon proper instruments during the operation.
Often appears as...
- theatre scrub
- scrub nurse
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A product used to exfoliate the skin.
She uses a facial scrub once a week to keep her skin glowing.
Often appears as...
- facial scrub
- body scrub
Usage tips
Modern
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
The act of scrubbing usually requires considerable physical effort or pressure.
She had to scrub vigorously to remove the stain.
Pro Tip 2/2Intensive Cleaning
'Scrub' implies a thorough and often aggressive cleaning process, not just a light wash.
You'll need to scrub those dishes; a quick rinse won't do.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
The act of scrubbing usually requires considerable physical effort or pressure.
She had to scrub vigorously to remove the stain.
Pro Tip 2/2Intensive Cleaning
'Scrub' implies a thorough and often aggressive cleaning process, not just a light wash.
You'll need to scrub those dishes; a quick rinse won't do.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
The act of scrubbing usually requires considerable physical effort or pressure.
She had to scrub vigorously to remove the stain.
Pro Tip 2/2Intensive Cleaning
'Scrub' implies a thorough and often aggressive cleaning process, not just a light wash.
You'll need to scrub those dishes; a quick rinse won't do.
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Video examples
The Japanese myth of the...
and didn’t like being burned, scrubbed, or polished. The monk and salesman laughed, both impressed by this honourable trickster. From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks.
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
scrubbed off their painted blushes and I'm going to introduce you to their lives but before I do that I must tell you why I joined the circus in the first place because when I was young I wanted to be a trapeze artist but when we are little we are wiser than we will ever be as adults
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Islamophobia killed my...
Even now I don't have the words to thank him. "Just tell me when, and I'll have all the news channels present," he said. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves in a moment of devastation. I delivered the press statement, still wearing scrubs from the previous night.
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How to create a space...
okay it has limited mobility but you're gonna pressurize cans fantastic pressurizes you gives you your oxygen scrubs your carbon dioxide a little micrometeorite protection helps little radiation but we can do better our dream is to invent the world's
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
litter then you'll see them with the young ones and when I look at the small animals that I don't think they're good mothers this is one of them the scrub hairs do not do a very good job to raise their young ones looking began was that
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Can we choose to fall...
So I got decked out in a pair of forest green scrubs, and I was laid on a gurney and wheeled into an fMRI machine. If you're unfamiliar with that technology, essentially, an fMRI machine is a big, tubular magnet
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Thorny Devil PIPE National...
thorny devil we nominate the thorny devil as the lizard most in need of a spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I
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World's Largest Spitting...
first-aid is the best first-aid that you can give this does not mean abandon your patient and forget about him what it means is do not tamper with the bite site no scrubbing or cleaning of the
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Reintroducing The...
different stages of rehabilitation starting with hands-on enrichment then to an outdoor pen and finally into an enclosure with thick scrub so they can get used to hiding in the undergrowth
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Filming Inside a Cave...
and it's very ancient and unique kind of sad to leave it but looking forward to scrubbing up and getting back to normal life
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The Japanese myth of the...
and didn’t like being burned, scrubbed, or polished. The monk and salesman laughed, both impressed by this honourable trickster. From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks.
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
scrubbed off their painted blushes and I'm going to introduce you to their lives but before I do that I must tell you why I joined the circus in the first place because when I was young I wanted to be a trapeze artist but when we are little we are wiser than we will ever be as adults
Video examples
Islamophobia killed my...
Even now I don't have the words to thank him. "Just tell me when, and I'll have all the news channels present," he said. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves in a moment of devastation. I delivered the press statement, still wearing scrubs from the previous night.
Video examples
How to create a space...
okay it has limited mobility but you're gonna pressurize cans fantastic pressurizes you gives you your oxygen scrubs your carbon dioxide a little micrometeorite protection helps little radiation but we can do better our dream is to invent the world's
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
litter then you'll see them with the young ones and when I look at the small animals that I don't think they're good mothers this is one of them the scrub hairs do not do a very good job to raise their young ones looking began was that
Video examples
Can we choose to fall...
So I got decked out in a pair of forest green scrubs, and I was laid on a gurney and wheeled into an fMRI machine. If you're unfamiliar with that technology, essentially, an fMRI machine is a big, tubular magnet
Video examples
Thorny Devil PIPE National...
thorny devil we nominate the thorny devil as the lizard most in need of a spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I
Video examples
World's Largest Spitting...
first-aid is the best first-aid that you can give this does not mean abandon your patient and forget about him what it means is do not tamper with the bite site no scrubbing or cleaning of the
Video examples
Reintroducing The...
different stages of rehabilitation starting with hands-on enrichment then to an outdoor pen and finally into an enclosure with thick scrub so they can get used to hiding in the undergrowth
Video examples
Filming Inside a Cave...
and it's very ancient and unique kind of sad to leave it but looking forward to scrubbing up and getting back to normal life
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Al Sharpton
American Activist
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.
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Caterina Scorsone
Canadian Actress
It wasn't the 'miracle of engineering' that is the human body that was filling me with a mad desire to live my days and nights in a pair of scrubs. The hard truth was I did not remotely want to be a surgeon. I actually just wanted to be on 'Grey's Anatomy.
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Mia Love
American Politician
Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
This world has a way of trying to homogenize you. Trying to sanitize you. Trying to scrub you of your unique divine genius. This world wants to make you regular.
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Alan Alda
American Actor
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in while, or the light won't come in.
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Jen Lancaster
American Author
I married a man who isn't afraid to wash a dish, scrub a toilet, or have his unibrow waxed into submission by a licensed professional.
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Sarah Harding
After a gig, even if I'm on tour and it's 3 A.M., I'll get in the shower and scrub my face, otherwise I'll have a spot the next day.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.
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Katie Price
English Model
I don't think I'm beautiful. I just think I can scrub up OK.
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Sheherazade Goldsmith
English Environmentalist
Somehow, a scrubbed house spells a fresh start.
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Al Sharpton
American Activist
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.
Quote examples
Caterina Scorsone
Canadian Actress
It wasn't the 'miracle of engineering' that is the human body that was filling me with a mad desire to live my days and nights in a pair of scrubs. The hard truth was I did not remotely want to be a surgeon. I actually just wanted to be on 'Grey's Anatomy.
Quote examples
Mia Love
American Politician
Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school.
Quote examples
Cory Booker
American Politician
This world has a way of trying to homogenize you. Trying to sanitize you. Trying to scrub you of your unique divine genius. This world wants to make you regular.
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Alan Alda
American Actor
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in while, or the light won't come in.
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Jen Lancaster
American Author
I married a man who isn't afraid to wash a dish, scrub a toilet, or have his unibrow waxed into submission by a licensed professional.
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Sarah Harding
After a gig, even if I'm on tour and it's 3 A.M., I'll get in the shower and scrub my face, otherwise I'll have a spot the next day.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.
Quote examples
Katie Price
English Model
I don't think I'm beautiful. I just think I can scrub up OK.
Quote examples
Sheherazade Goldsmith
English Environmentalist
Somehow, a scrubbed house spells a fresh start.
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