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The Meaning of scrub

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
  • (n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
  • (n.) Something small and mean.
  • (n.) A worn-out brush.
  • (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
  • (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.
  • (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Synonyms

bush , scrubbing , crotch hair , shrub , scouring , pubic hair , chaparral , scour , abrade , scrub up , purge , cancel , scratch , flush , call off , itch , scrape up , expunge , fret , strike down , strike , chafe , come up , invalidate , grave , delete , excise , inscribe , call , engrave , scrape , fray , offset , set off , scratch up , rub , cleanse , brush , dust , purify , sponge , wash , clean , lave , rinse , sweep , wipe , disinfect , mop

Antonyms

improved , befoul , bespatter , debase , deprave , soil , spoil , sully , vitiate , besmirch , corrupt , stain , taint , besmear , contaminate , defile , pollute

Rhymes

bub , bubb , chubb , club , clubb , cub , drub , dub , grub , grubb , hub , jubb , nightclub , nub , pub , rub , shrub , snub , squib , strub , strubbe , stub , stubbe , sub , tub , tubb , washtub