Scrub: English to English |
Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. |
Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. |
Scrub (n.) A worn-out brush. |
Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. |
Scrub (n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. |
Scrub (n.) Something small and mean. |
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 (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. |