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

  • (..) Call me if anything's wrong. - Call me, ok? - Yeah. So if you're ready, I'm gonna serve your meal. Take these scrubs off. I feel like in an asylum. - Alright. - Do you have a cigarette? No. I don't smoke. Not any more. To be honest, I gave up recently... (..)
    2011 The Intouchables