English

Detailed Synonyms for scrub in English

scrub:

to scrub verb (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)

  1. to scrub
    to scrub; to scour
    • scrub verb (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
    • scour verb (scours, scoured, scouring)
  2. to scrub
    to scrub; to scrub-clean; to scrub off
    • scrub verb (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
    • scrub-clean verb (scrubs-clean, scrubbed-clean, scrubbing-clean)
    • scrub off verb (scrubs off, scrubbed off, scrubbing off)
  3. to scrub
    – wash thoroughly 1
    to scrub; scrub up
    – wash thoroughly 1
    • scrub verb (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
      • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation1
    • scrub up verb
  4. to scrub
    – clean with hard rubbing 1
    to scrub; to scour
    – clean with hard rubbing 1
    • scrub verb (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
      • She scrubbed his back1
    • scour verb (scours, scoured, scouring)
  5. to scrub
    – postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled 1
    to cancel; to scratch; to scrub; to call off
    – postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled 1
    • cancel verb (cancels, canceled, canceling)
      • cancel the dinner party1
    • scratch verb (scratches, scratched, scratching)
      • scratch that meeting--the chair is ill1
    • scrub verb (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)
      • we had to scrub our vacation plans1
    • call off verb (calls off, called off, calling off)
  6. to scrub
    – To move the timeline playhead manually in order to preview an animation storyboard. 2
    to scrub
    – To move the timeline playhead manually in order to preview an animation storyboard. 2
    • scrub verb (scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing)

Conjugations for scrub:

present
  1. scrub
  2. scrub
  3. scrubs
  4. scrub
  5. scrub
  6. scrub
simple past
  1. scrubbed
  2. scrubbed
  3. scrubbed
  4. scrubbed
  5. scrubbed
  6. scrubbed
present perfect
  1. have scrubbed
  2. have scrubbed
  3. has scrubbed
  4. have scrubbed
  5. have scrubbed
  6. have scrubbed
past continuous
  1. was scrubbing
  2. were scrubbing
  3. was scrubbing
  4. were scrubbing
  5. were scrubbing
  6. were scrubbing
future
  1. shall scrub
  2. will scrub
  3. will scrub
  4. shall scrub
  5. will scrub
  6. will scrub
continuous present
  1. am scrubbing
  2. are scrubbing
  3. is scrubbing
  4. are scrubbing
  5. are scrubbing
  6. are scrubbing
subjunctive
  1. be scrubbed
  2. be scrubbed
  3. be scrubbed
  4. be scrubbed
  5. be scrubbed
  6. be scrubbed
diverse
  1. scrub!
  2. let's scrub!
  3. scrubbed
  4. scrubbing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

scrub [the ~] noun

  1. the scrub
    the shrubs; the brushwood; the scrub; the bush; the privet
  2. the scrub
    – the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water 1
    the scrub; the scrubbing; the scouring
    – the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water 1
  3. the scrub
    – dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes 1
    the scrub; the bush; the chaparral
    – dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes 1

scrub adj

  1. scrub
    – (of domestic animals) not selectively bred 1
    scrub
    – (of domestic animals) not selectively bred 1

Related Words for "scrub":

  • scrubs

Alternate Synonyms for "scrub":


Related Definitions for "scrub":

  1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred1
  2. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water1
  3. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes1
  4. wash thoroughly1
    • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation1
  5. clean with hard rubbing1
    • She scrubbed his back1
  6. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled1
    • we had to scrub our vacation plans1
  7. To move the timeline playhead manually in order to preview an animation storyboard.2

Related Synonyms for scrub