scrub

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /skɹʌb/ / /skɹʊb/

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

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
“How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!”
“No little scrub joint shall come on my board.”

Etymology: From Middle English scrobben (“groom a horse with a currycomb”); from Middle Dutch schrobben (“clean by scrubbing”).

An instance of scrubbing.
A cancellation.
“Unacceptable winds aloft caused four scrubs and one hold; adverse weather caused a scrub; […]”
A worn-out brush.
“A scrub [broom worn out] Scopa detrita.”
One who scrubs.
That which scrubs.
That which scrubs.
Clothing worn while performing surgery.
Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
“A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.”
Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
“The third, which was as homely as its name, and which she reserved for scouring the country and such like rough usage in quite private rural life, was her "Scrub."”
“For one of Lucia's quaint ideas was to divide dresses into three classes, "Hightum," "Tightum" and "Scrub."”

Etymology: From Middle English scrobben (“groom a horse with a currycomb”); from Middle Dutch schrobben (“clean by scrubbing”).

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
“to scrub a floor”
“to scrub your fingernails”
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
To be diligent and penurious
“to scrub hard for a living”
To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
“Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather.”
To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
“The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system.”
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.
To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.