scrub

Definition

  • noun: small bushes and trees
  • noun: a stunted tree or shrub
  • verb: to rub (something) hard with a rough object or substance and often with soap in order to clean it
  • verb: to clean with hard rubbing
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: scour, mean, dirty

Examples

  • In the desert 'scrub', temperatures can reach well over 100 degrees.

  • She 'scrubbed out' the flower pots and filled them with fresh soil.

  • a stain in the carpet that was impossible to 'scrub out'

Movie quotes

  • (..) just head on home? You look kinda tired. I am pretty tired. Dr Dorian, do you not realise that you're nothing but a large pair of scrubs to me? The only reason I carry this chart around is so I can pretend to remember your names. If the patient has insurance, (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1