Meaning

2 senses

  1. To thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery.

  2. To break in new racing tires by doing a few gentle laps on them, with the resulting heat serving to remove factory coatings and provide better grip.

Forms

scrubs in, scrubbing in, scrubbed in, scrubbed in
Base formscrub in · to scrub in
3rd person singularscrubs in
Present participlescrubbing in
Past simplescrubbed in
Past participlescrubbed in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscrub in
he, she, itscrubs in

Past simpleLesson

all personsscrubbed in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scrubbed in
he, she, ithas scrubbed in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scrub in

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
scrub upscrubscuff

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scroungescrubscrubberscruffscruffy
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