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The Meaning of scrub
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(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.
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(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.
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(n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
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(n.) Something small and mean.
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(n.) A worn-out brush.
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(n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
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(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.
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(a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
Synonyms
bush
,
scrubbing
,
crotch hair
,
shrub
,
scouring
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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
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bespatter
,
debase
,
deprave
,
soil
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spoil
,
sully
,
vitiate
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besmirch
,
corrupt
,
stain
,
taint
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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