TO SCRUB

Definition: SCRUB

SCRUB

Adjective

1. Of inferior or mixed breed; "a cur dog"; "an underbred dog".

2. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred.

Noun

1. Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.

2. The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.

Verb

1. Clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back".

2. Wash thoroughly; of surgeons before an operation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: TO SCRUB

I'm going to scrub you till you are raw. (The Young Poisoner's Handbook; writing credit: Jeff Rawle; Benjamin Ross)

His mother goes to scrub the floors for many (Living for the City; performing artist: Stevie Wonder)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

Your doctor may ask you to scrub your eyelashes for a period of time before surgery to get rid of residues and debris along the lashes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

aflyse en opsendelse, aflyse en affyring. (various references)

Dutch

schrobben (scrubbing). (various references)

Finnish

hankaus (friction, rub), hangata (chafe, gall, rub). (various references)

French

frottement, annuler un lancement. (various references)

German

Schrubben (scrub, swab, to swab). (various references)

Greek 

να ματαιωθεί η εκτόξευση, τρίψιμο (rub, rubdown). (various references)

Hungarian

sikál (furbish, scrub, to scour), megsúrol, kimos (to erode, to flush out, to launder, to scour, to wash, to wash off, to wash out), hajótőkét kefével tisztogat, dörzsöl (rub, scour, to chafe, to fray, to fret, to ream, to ream out, to rub). (various references)

Italian

spazzare (sweep, sweep up). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�る (to chafe, to file, to frost, to rub, to strike, to take a percentage, to touch lightly), 摩する (to draw near, to press, to rub). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まする (to draw near, to press, to rub), �"する (to rub). (various references)

Maya

cho' (rat). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ubscray

Portuguese

esfregar (fret, mop, rub, rub down, scour, scrape, scrub), esfrega (rub, scrub), anulação de lançamentos. (various references)

Spanish

raspado (curettage, rasping, scrape, scraping), aplazamiento del lanzamiento. (various references)

Swedish

skrubbning (scrub). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: courts, robust, turbos.

-2 letters: borts, bouts, burst, court, crust, curbs, curst, roust, routs, scour, scout, scrub, stour, torcs, torus, tours, turbo.

-3 letters: bort, bots, bout, bros, brut, burs, bust, buts, cobs, cors, cost, cots, crus, cubs, curb, curs, curt, cuts, orbs, orcs, orts, ours, oust, outs, robs, rocs, rots, rout, rubs, rust, ruts.

+1 letter: obstruct.

+2 letters: abductors, clubroots, combustor, curbstone, obscurant, obscurest, obscurity, obstructs, scorbutic, subsector, subtropic, turbocars.

+3 letters: abductores, backcourts, buckthorns, byproducts, cloudburst, combustors, curbstones, incubators, microburst, obscurants, obstructed, obstructor, subcordate, subproduct, subproject, subsectors, subtropics.

+4 letters: barracoutas, blockbuster, buccinators, carburetors, cloudbursts, construable, contributes, counterbids, lubricators, microbursts, obfuscatory, obscurantic, obscuration, obscurities, obstructing, obstruction, obstructive, obstructors, rubricators, subcategory, subcontract, subcontrary, subcortical, subdirector, subproducts, subprojects, subtraction, subtropical, tuberculous.