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Detailed Synonyms for scrub in English

scrub:

to scrub verbe (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)

  1. to scrub
    to scrub; to scour
    • scrub verbe (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
    • scour verbe (scours, scoured, scouring)
  2. to scrub
    to scrub; to scrub-clean; to scrub off
    • scrub verbe (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
    • scrub-clean verbe (scrubs-clean, scrubbed-clean, scrubbing-clean)
    • scrub off verbe (scrubs off, scrubbed off, scrubbing off)
  3. to scrub
    – wash thoroughly 1
    to scrub; scrub up
    – wash thoroughly 1
    • scrub verbe (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
      • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation1
    • scrub up verbe
  4. to scrub
    – clean with hard rubbing 1
    to scrub; to scour
    – clean with hard rubbing 1
    • scrub verbe (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
      • She scrubbed his back1
    • scour verbe (scours, scoured, scouring)
  5. to scrub
    – postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled 1
    to cancel; to scratch; to scrub; to call off
    – postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled 1
    • cancel verbe (cancels, canceled, canceling)
      • cancel the dinner party1
    • scratch verbe (scratches, scratched, scratching)
      • scratch that meeting--the chair is ill1
    • scrub verbe (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
      • we had to scrub our vacation plans1
    • call off verbe (calls off, called off, calling off)
  6. to scrub
    – To move the timeline playhead manually in order to preview an animation storyboard. 2
    to scrub
    – To move the timeline playhead manually in order to preview an animation storyboard. 2
    • scrub verbe (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)

Conjugations for scrub:

present
  1. scrub
  2. scrub
  3. scrubs
  4. scrub
  5. scrub
  6. scrub
simple past
  1. scrubbed
  2. scrubbed
  3. scrubbed
  4. scrubbed
  5. scrubbed
  6. scrubbed
present perfect
  1. have scrubbed
  2. have scrubbed
  3. has scrubbed
  4. have scrubbed
  5. have scrubbed
  6. have scrubbed
past continuous
  1. was scrubbing
  2. were scrubbing
  3. was scrubbing
  4. were scrubbing
  5. were scrubbing
  6. were scrubbing
future
  1. shall scrub
  2. will scrub
  3. will scrub
  4. shall scrub
  5. will scrub
  6. will scrub
continuous present
  1. am scrubbing
  2. are scrubbing
  3. is scrubbing
  4. are scrubbing
  5. are scrubbing
  6. are scrubbing
subjunctive
  1. be scrubbed
  2. be scrubbed
  3. be scrubbed
  4. be scrubbed
  5. be scrubbed
  6. be scrubbed
diverse
  1. scrub!
  2. let's scrub!
  3. scrubbed
  4. scrubbing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

scrub [the ~] nom

  1. the scrub
    the shrubs; the brushwood; the scrub; the bush; the privet
  2. the scrub
    – the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water 1
    the scrub; the scrubbing; the scouring
    – the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water 1
  3. the scrub
    – dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes 1
    the scrub; the bush; the chaparral
    – dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes 1

scrub adj

  1. scrub
    – (of domestic animals) not selectively bred 1
    scrub
    – (of domestic animals) not selectively bred 1

Related Words for "scrub":

  • scrubs

Alternate Synonyms for "scrub":


Related Definitions for "scrub":

  1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred1
  2. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water1
  3. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes1
  4. wash thoroughly1
    • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation1
  5. clean with hard rubbing1
    • She scrubbed his back1
  6. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled1
    • we had to scrub our vacation plans1
  7. To move the timeline playhead manually in order to preview an animation storyboard.2

Related Synonyms for scrub