scrub

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Noun

1. (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
2. (uncountable) 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. (US, countable) 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. (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
5. (countable, derogatory, slang) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
6. (countable, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
7. (Internet, countable, derogatory, 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. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To be diligent and penurious
4. (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
5. (transitive) 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. (in-plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
8. (broadly, in-plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
9. (obsolete, slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress

Concetti

strofinare

boscaglia

arbusto

sfregare

raschiare

macchia

lavare

🧽

pezzente

consacrare

disdire

infangarsi

macchiarsi

palpare

ungersi

boscaglia di cactus

boscaglia semidesertica

gariga

sottobosco sclerofillo

vegetazione del chaparral

mettersi di mezzo

albero

🌳

sfregammo

annullare

bosco

groviglio

ingrassare

lavanda

🧽

macchiare

ungere

sinonimi

rub

scour

wash

🧽

wipe

brush

thicket

scrape

bush

rub in

clean

polish

🇵🇱

mop

cleanse

chaparral

swab

undergrowth

cancel

abrade

burnish

brushwood

scouring

rub vigorously

scrubby

scratch

chafe

call off

forest

exfoliate

buff

smear

strip

scrub up

scrubbing

shrub

jungle

grind

mongrel

shrubs

break in

brake

abrogate

cancellation

beggarly

graze

grate

frazzle

bushes

bathe

abject

fray

Traduzioni

frotter

scheuern

matorral

Gestrüpp

esfregar

fregar

🧽

maquis

schrubben

récurer

estregar

Gebüsch

frotar

عيص

Unterholz

se frotter

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/skɹʌb/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: scrobben

In summary

Late Middle English in the sense of "stunted tree," a variant of shrub, possibly under Old Norse influence.