scrub

scrub
I
v
1. rub, absterge, scour, polish; wipe, swab, mop, brush. See wash(def. 1).
2.Slang. cancel, discontinue, drop, give up; terminate, stop, end, abort, do away with.
II
n
1. brush, brushwood, thicket, copse, Chiefly Brit. coppice; bush, jungle, Canadian. bush lot.
2. mongrel, Sl. mutt, hybrid, half-breed.
3. whippersnapper, Sl. twerp, Sl. punk; nonentity, cipher, jackstraw, Inf. nobody, Inf. no-account, Sl. nebbish, Inf. loser, Inf. lightweight.
4. midget, homunculus, Tom Thumb, pygmy, Inf. little person, miniature, shrimp, Inf. squirt; dwarf, runt, Inf. pip-squeak, Inf. peewee.
adj
5. midget, shrimplike, undersized, small, miniature; stunted, dwarfed, underdeveloped, immature, runtish.
6. insignificant, inconsequential, inconsequent, unimportant; trifling, petty, trivial, slight, puny; not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of; inferior, second-class, second-rate, Sl. two-bit.
7. brushy, thicketed; bushy, jungled.

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  • scrub — [ skrɶb ] n. m. • 1900; mot angl. ♦ Anglic. Géogr. Brousse épaisse d Australie, formée de buissons. ● scrub nom masculin (anglais scrub) Brousse épaisse d Australie, formée de buissons toujours verts, de familles diverses, notamment des acacias.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Scrub — (skr[u^]b), a. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. [1913 Webster] How solitary, how scrub, does this town look! Walpole. [1913 Webster] No little scrub joint shall come on my board. Swift. [1913 Webster] {Scrub game}, a game, as of ball, by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scrub — 〈[skrʌ̣b] m. 6〉 Strauchformation aus immergrünen, oft undurchdringlich dichten, hartlaubigen Dornbüschen in den austral. Trockengebieten [engl., „Gebüsch, Busch(land)“] * * * Scrub   [skrʌb; englisch »Gebüsch«] der, (s)/ s, Bezeichnung für… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Scrub — Scrub(s) may refer to: *Scrub, low shrub and grass characteristic of scrubland *Scrubs (clothing), worn by medical staff *Scrubs (occupation) or surgical technologist * Scrubs (TV series), an American television program *Scrub baseball, also… …   Wikipedia

  • scrub — skrəb vb, scrubbed; scrub·bing vt to clean and disinfect (the hands and forearms) before participating in surgery vi to prepare for surgery by scrubbing oneself scrub n 1) an act or instance of scrubbing <a surgical scrub> 2) …   Medical dictionary

  • scrub — s.n. Fitocenoză caracteristică Australiei centrale, în care predomină tufişuri xerofite (xerofit) şi, rar, eucalipţi. [< engl. scrub]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  SCRUB s. n. brusă din Australia centrală cu tufărişuri… …   Dicționar Român

  • scrub — scrub·ba·ble; scrub; scrub·by; scrub·ber; …   English syllables

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  • Scrub — (skr[u^]b), 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scrub — (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrubbed} (skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrubbing}.] [OE. scrobben, probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skrubbe, Sw. skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.] To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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