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UK
/skɹˈʌb/
]
[ US /ˈskɹəb/ ]
[ US /ˈskɹəb/ ]
VERB
-
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
we had to scrub our vacation plans
Call off the engagement
cancel the dinner party -
clean with hard rubbing
She scrubbed his back -
wash thoroughly
surgeons must scrub prior to an operation
NOUN
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
ADJECTIVE
- (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
How To Use scrub In A Sentence
- The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
- Before scrubbing, gowning, and gloving, the surgeon usually performs a rectal examination and proctoscopy to suction out any remaining stool in the distal rectum.
- Tru hung her gown away safely, then tore off her sweat-soaked uniform before she sloshed water all over her body, scrubbing away her stench with soap.
- Six biogeographical zones, ranging from subtropical forest to highland scrub, host an impressive 151 species of bird, 34 species of mammal, 228 species of butterfly and countless plants. Taiwan's Greatest Ascent
- It would free us up time to get on with scrubbing ourselves with carbolic soap…
- She scrubbed his back
- Its interest is that within it survive all the elements of a medieval forest: great timber trees, coppice woods, pollards, scrub, grassland and fen, deer and cattle, and a rabbit warren.
- She was forced to scrub floors with bleach. The Sun
- I didn't answer her, just kept scrubbing the toilet clean while Colleen trickled Visine into her eyes.
- This keeps getting censored by the Lamontster scrub out the truth squads .. he has to protect his propagandists for hire, as he's too chickenhearted to let the CT voters decide for themselves CT-SEN: Lamont Hits Back At Lieberman Terror Slam