Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

More definitions
  • (of domestic animals) not selectively bred

Examples

83 sentences

  1. This floor needs a good scrubbing.

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  2. We need to scrub the floor.

    deWir müssen den Fußboden schrubben. — Waldelfe

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  3. Tom asked Mary to scrub the toilet.

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  4. Tom spent all afternoon scrubbing the walls.

    deTom hat den ganzen Nachmittag die Wände geschrubbt. — Waldelfe

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  5. She scrubbed the kitchen floor with a brush.

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Origin

Late Middle English shrobbe in the sense of "stunted tree," a variant of shrub, from Old E

Late Middle English shrobbe in the sense of "stunted tree," a variant of shrub, from Old English scrybb. Doublet of shrub.

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Forms

more scrub, most scrub
Comparativemore scrub Lesson
Superlativemost scrub Lesson

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Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scroogeB2scrotumscroungescrubberscruffscruffy
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