scrub

/skrʌb/
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scrub

The vet examined the scrub horse in the stable.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To clean something by rubbing it hard, often with a brush and soap or detergent: This is the most common meaning, involving physical effort to remove dirt or stains.
    • To cancel or abandon (a plan, event, or activity): To decide that something will not happen or continue.
    • (In surgery/medicine) To wash one's hands and arms thoroughly in a specific way before an operation: A specialized medical procedure.

  2. Noun:

    • An act of scrubbing: The action or process of cleaning by hard rubbing.
    • Vegetation consisting of stunted trees, shrubs, and bushes, often in poor soil: A type of plant community.
    • A player not on the first team; an inferior player or athlete: (Informal, often derogatory) Someone with little skill.
    • An insignificant or undersized person, animal, or thing: Something small or of poor quality.

  3. Adjective:

    • Inferior, undersized, or stunted: Used to describe something of poor quality or smaller than normal.
    • (Of an animal) Not selectively bred; of mixed or unknown breed: Often used for livestock.
Examples of Usage

  • Verb:

    • She had to scrub the kitchen floor to remove the sticky spill.
    • The mission was scrubbed due to bad weather.
    • Doctors and nurses must scrub for at least five minutes before entering the operating room.

  • Noun:

    • The bathtub needs a good scrub.
    • The path led through dry scrub and cactus.
    • He was just a scrub on the practice squad, hoping to make the team.
    • That old car is a real scrub; it's not worth fixing.

  • Adjective:

    • They raised a few head of scrub cattle on the poor land.
    • It was just a scrub pine, struggling to grow in the rocky soil.
Advanced Usage
  • "To scrub up" (phrasal verb): To wash one's hands and arms thoroughly, especially before a surgical operation.
    • The medical team is scrubbing up for the procedure.
  • "To scrub in" (phrasal verb, medical): To participate in a surgical operation after scrubbing up.
    • The young intern was excited to scrub in on her first major surgery.
Variants and Related Words
  • Scrubber (n): A brush or pad used for scrubbing.
    • She used a stiff scrubber on the burnt pan.
  • Scrubbing (n/gerund): The continuous action of scrubbing.
    • The constant scrubbing made her hands sore.
  • Scrubby (adj): Resembling scrub; stunted or inferior in growth.
    • The land was covered in scrubby vegetation.
Synonyms
  • Verb (clean): Scour, rub, clean, wash.
  • Verb (cancel): Cancel, abort, call off, abandon.
  • Noun (vegetation): Brush, brushwood, chaparral, bush.
  • Noun (inferior player): Second-stringer, benchwarmer, amateur.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Scrub out: To clean the inside of something thoroughly by scrubbing.
    • Please scrub out the sink.
  • Scrub down: To clean a surface or a person thoroughly by scrubbing.
    • He scrubbed down the walls before painting.
Related Idioms
  • "Scrub round something" (British, informal): To avoid or omit something, to manage without it.
    • We'll have to scrub round the formalities and get straight to the point.
  • "Scrub that": An informal interjection meaning "ignore what I just said" or "cancel that idea."
    • "Let's meet at eight—no, scrub that, make it nine."
scrub

The vet examined the scrub horse in the stable.

Adjective
  1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
Noun
  1. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
  2. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
Verb
  1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
    • Call off the engagement
    • cancel the dinner party
    • we had to scrub our vacation plans
    • scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
  2. wash thoroughly
    • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation
  3. clean with hard rubbing
    • She scrubbed his back

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