scrub
/skrʌb/
verb
- To rub something hard, especially with a brush and soap or water, in order to clean it.
- She had to scrub the kitchen floor on her hands and knees.
- He scrubbed the burnt pot with steel wool for ten minutes.
- The nurse scrubbed her hands thoroughly before the operation.
- To cancel or abandon a plan, event, or activity.
- We had to scrub our vacation plans because of the emergency.
- The director decided to scrub the entire scene from the movie.
- Bad weather forced them to scrub the space launch.
- To remove impurities or harmful substances from a gas or exhaust.
- Modern power plants scrub sulfur dioxide from their emissions.
- Scientists are developing ways to scrub carbon dioxide from the air.
- The factory installed new equipment to scrub pollutants from its smoke.
Antonyms
noun
- An act of rubbing something hard to clean it.
- Give the bathtub a good scrub with bleach.
- The floor needed a thorough scrub to remove the stains.
- After a long hike, a quick scrub in the shower felt great.
- Low, stunted trees and bushes growing in poor soil or dry areas.
- The land was covered in dry scrub and scattered rocks.
- Kangaroos can often be seen grazing in the Australian scrub.
- The hikers pushed through thick scrub to reach the river.
- A person or thing that is small, inferior, or not important.
- In the world of professional sports, a scrub is a player who rarely starts.
- He was just a scrub on the team, barely getting any playing time.
- Don't listen to those scrubs who don't know what they're talking about.
- A type of medical or surgical cleaning garment, typically a short-sleeved shirt and pants.
- Nurses often wear colorful scrubs to make patients feel more comfortable.
- The doctor changed into her scrubs before entering the operating room.
- He bought a new set of scrubs for his first day at the hospital.
Synonyms
adjective
- Small, inferior, or of low quality.
- The team was made up of scrub players who had never won a game.
- He drove an old scrub car that barely ran.
- They lived in a scrub little house on the edge of town.