Scrubby
adjective
Covered with small, low bushes or plants.
The terrain was flat and scrubby.
Often appears as...
- scrubby landscape
- scrubby bushes
adjective
Not clean or neat.
She wore a scrubby old pair of shoes.
Often appears as...
- scrubby clothes
- scrubby shoes
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Covered with small, low bushes or plants.
The terrain was flat and scrubby.
Often appears as...
- scrubby landscape
- scrubby bushes
adjective
Not clean or neat.
She wore a scrubby old pair of shoes.
Often appears as...
- scrubby clothes
- scrubby shoes
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Settings
Often describes areas where plants grow wild without much care.
We camped in a scrubby zone just off the trail.
Pro Tip 2/3Sparse Growth
Used to indicate vegetation that is not thick or dense.
The scrubby brush made it easier to hike through.
Pro Tip 3/3Rural or Wild
Refers to plants in natural, often undeveloped, landscapes, not urban gardens.
She photographed the scrubby hillside, full of wildflowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Settings
Often describes areas where plants grow wild without much care.
We camped in a scrubby zone just off the trail.
Pro Tip 2/3Sparse Growth
Used to indicate vegetation that is not thick or dense.
The scrubby brush made it easier to hike through.
Pro Tip 3/3Rural or Wild
Refers to plants in natural, often undeveloped, landscapes, not urban gardens.
She photographed the scrubby hillside, full of wildflowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Settings
Often describes areas where plants grow wild without much care.
We camped in a scrubby zone just off the trail.
Pro Tip 2/3Sparse Growth
Used to indicate vegetation that is not thick or dense.
The scrubby brush made it easier to hike through.
Pro Tip 3/3Rural or Wild
Refers to plants in natural, often undeveloped, landscapes, not urban gardens.
She photographed the scrubby hillside, full of wildflowers.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
twitches like that means that she's interested in something she spotted something and she's moving towards whatever it is so it really is very interesting I wonder what she's going after I don't want to move to in case it's something quite close she looks as though she's staring quite close to us so maybe a little scrubby in
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Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
animal for a day which one would I choose interesting because that's a different one to being an animal for life there's a little scrub here talking about animals so while we look at the scrubby I'll think about this because if you are going to be an animal for life
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Watch Wild Predators...
hour right through the middle of the map awning is really hard scrubby environment and I went in after them and we had another vehicle sitting on the edge of the marsh you know just sort of mirroring movement song we kept in touch and you
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The Japanese myth of the...
but he couldn’t find anything unusual about it. Hoping a cup of tea would help them think, they set the kettle on the fire. Within moments, the metal began to sweat. Suddenly, it sprouted a scrubby tail, furry paws and pointed nose.
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Building the Seed...
only 10% of scrubby trees and bits of Road around buildings and so so we're building these these buildings there they're actually identical so it's quite cost-effective they're just chopped at different heights but the key
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Thomas Heatherwick:...
instead of only 10 percent of scrubby trees and bits of road around buildings. So we're building these buildings. They're actually identical, so it's quite cost-effective. They're just chopped at different heights.
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
Africa any time we were finishing the drive the two things we used to look for scrub has n chameleons and now this has promised a very sweet memories of a Juma and the last I remember seen a scrubby
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Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
you'll get flicked off far away nice bush baby locust grass up a thing what else are you gonna see next let's go with puff adder I would light snow scrubby scrubby off the road
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Best of African Animals...
scrubby and dry this stallion has claimed it as his own he's been waiting months for visitors female visitors if
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Epic Zebra Fight For...
The land is scrubby and dry. But this stallion has claimed it as his own. He's been waiting months for visitors
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
twitches like that means that she's interested in something she spotted something and she's moving towards whatever it is so it really is very interesting I wonder what she's going after I don't want to move to in case it's something quite close she looks as though she's staring quite close to us so maybe a little scrubby in
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
animal for a day which one would I choose interesting because that's a different one to being an animal for life there's a little scrub here talking about animals so while we look at the scrubby I'll think about this because if you are going to be an animal for life
Video examples
Watch Wild Predators...
hour right through the middle of the map awning is really hard scrubby environment and I went in after them and we had another vehicle sitting on the edge of the marsh you know just sort of mirroring movement song we kept in touch and you
Video examples
The Japanese myth of the...
but he couldn’t find anything unusual about it. Hoping a cup of tea would help them think, they set the kettle on the fire. Within moments, the metal began to sweat. Suddenly, it sprouted a scrubby tail, furry paws and pointed nose.
Video examples
Building the Seed...
only 10% of scrubby trees and bits of Road around buildings and so so we're building these these buildings there they're actually identical so it's quite cost-effective they're just chopped at different heights but the key
Video examples
Thomas Heatherwick:...
instead of only 10 percent of scrubby trees and bits of road around buildings. So we're building these buildings. They're actually identical, so it's quite cost-effective. They're just chopped at different heights.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
Africa any time we were finishing the drive the two things we used to look for scrub has n chameleons and now this has promised a very sweet memories of a Juma and the last I remember seen a scrubby
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
you'll get flicked off far away nice bush baby locust grass up a thing what else are you gonna see next let's go with puff adder I would light snow scrubby scrubby off the road
Video examples
Best of African Animals...
scrubby and dry this stallion has claimed it as his own he's been waiting months for visitors female visitors if
Video examples
Epic Zebra Fight For...
The land is scrubby and dry. But this stallion has claimed it as his own. He's been waiting months for visitors
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Quote examples
Jay Griffiths
British Author
The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me.
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Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.
Quote examples
Jay Griffiths
British Author
The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me.
Quote examples
Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.
Example 1 of 2
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