scrub

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Noun

1. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
2. Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
3. One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
4. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
5. (slang) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
6. (slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
7. (slang) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.

Verb

1. 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
2. To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
3. To be diligent and penurious
4. To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
5. To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
6. To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
7. To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

Noun

1. An instance of scrubbing.
2. A cancellation.
3. A worn-out brush.
4. One who scrubs.
5. That which scrubs.
6. That which scrubs.
7. Clothing worn while performing surgery.
8. Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
9. (obsolete,slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress

Sinonieme

rub

scour

wash

🧽

wipe

brush

scrape

thicket

bush

rub in

mop

polish

🇵🇱

clean

cleanse

chaparral

rub vigorously

undergrowth

brushwood

burnish

scouring

scratch

scrubby

cancel

swab

abrade

chafe

strip

call off

buff

jungle

forest

exfoliate

mongrel

scrub up

scrubbing

shrubs

smear

shrub

grind

half-caste

interject

intermit

interrupt

launder

lay over

leave off

low

maquis

mat

miserable

mopping

mop up

nullify

pause

piteous

pitiable

pound

💷

powder

print

punctuate

put in

quit

rainforest

repeal

runty

scum

seedy

shine

sorry

sprat

stunted

suspend

swad

swob

tart

thick

toilet

🚽

tree

🌳

triturate

turkey

underbred

void

washing

washout

wash out

wear

wretched

annoint

barge in

pull the plug

rub on

stop over

turn inside out

stop

🛑

person of no worth

pisher

scrub-up

washery

massage

💆

the bush

do laundry

thick bush

do beauty treatment

burst in on

dwarf tree

cactus scrub

garrigue

sclerophyllous scrub

semidesert scrub

mixed-blood

gas scrubbing

wash clothes

abate

abject

abolish

abort

abrogate

adjourn

annul

anoint

bath

🛀

bathe

beggarly

brake

break in

break off

break short

brushing

bushes

cancellation

comb

consecrate

coppice

copse

cut

cut short

deplorable

disgraceful

drop out

drudge

erase

eviscerate

forlorn

fray

frazzle

grate

graze

grove

haggard

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/skɹʌb/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: scrobben

In summary

Variant of shrub, possibly under Norse influence.