Usually means: Clean vigorously using abrasive material.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word scrub:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrub: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. scrub, scrub, scrub: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scrub, scrub: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scrub, the scrub: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scrub: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scrub, scrub: Wordnik
  7. scrub: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scrub: Wiktionary
  9. scrub: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scrub: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. scrub: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. scrub: Dictionary.com
  13. scrub (n.), scrub (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. scrub: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Scrub (disambiguation), Scrub: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Scrub: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. scrub: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. scrub: Rhymezone
  19. scrub: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. scrub: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Scrub: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. scrub: Free Dictionary
  23. scrub: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. scrub: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. scrub: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrub: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrub: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Scrub: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. scrub: Medical dictionary
  4. Scrub: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrub (v.): Cats
  2. SCRUB: Acronym Finder
  3. scrub: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Scrub: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Internet Karting Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See scrubbable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
noun:  One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
noun:  One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
noun:  A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
noun:  (US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals poorly suited or unsuited for breeding.
noun:  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.
noun:  (sports) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
noun:  (slang, online gaming) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
noun:  (obsolete, slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
verb:  (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
verb:  (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
verb:  (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
verb:  (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
verb:  (audio) 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.
verb:  (audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
noun:  An instance of scrubbing.
noun:  A cancellation.
noun:  A worn-out brush.
noun:  One who scrubs.
noun:  That which scrubs.
noun:  An exfoliant for the body.
noun:  (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
noun:  (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).

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