shrub
To mispronounce in another language in a manner that is influenced by one's mother tongueTo mispronounce (a word or words) in another language in a manner that is influenced by one's mother tongue.
» Can you help me replant this shrub?
Meaning
4 senses(rare)To plant a shrub in a yard, garden, etc.; to prune a bush or other plant into a shrub.
(rare)To make or drink a shrub (liquor drink).
(Kenya, ambitransitive, slang)To mispronounce (a word or words) in another language in a manner that is influenced by one's mother tongue.
(obsolete)To lop; to prune.
Examples
38 sentencesCan you help me replant this shrub?
I'm going to plant a shrub.
Hydrangeas are popular ornamental garden shrubs.
deAls Ziersträucher im Garten sind Hortensien sehr beliebt.
Heathers are gorgeous shrubs for gardens.
Leonid was walking through the shrubs.
Origin
From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrobFrom Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *sċrob (in placenames) and sċrybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”). Doublet of scrub.
From Arabic شِرَاب (širāb, “a drink, beverage”), شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”), akin to syrup, sherbet, and sorbet.
Of unknown origin. First attested in the 2000s.
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Forms
shrubs, shrubbing, shrubbed, shrubbedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle