Canadian English Meaning of scrub
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Definitions and Meaning of scrub in English
scrub (n)
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
scrub (v)
clean with hard rubbing
wash thoroughly
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scrub (s)
(of domestic animals) not selectively bred
scrub (v. t.)
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; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
scrub (v. i.)
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
scrub (n.)
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
Something small and mean.
A worn-out brush.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.
Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush. See Brush, above.
A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.
scrub (a.)
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
FAQs About the word scrub
scrub
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes, the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water, clean with hard rubbing, wa
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scroyle => bum, scrow => skrow, scrounger => cheapskate, scrounge => mooch, scrouge => scrooge,
