| ADJECTIVE | all | scrub | (of domestic animals) not selectively bred |
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| NOUN | group | scrub, chaparral, bush | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes |
| act | scrub, scrubbing, scouring | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | |
| VERB | contact | scrub, scour | clean with hard rubbing |
| body | scrub, scrub up | wash thoroughly | |
| social | scrub, cancel, call off, scratch | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled |
| Sounds | skrah'b | |
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| Rhymes | Arab ... washtub: 23 rhymes with ahb... | |
| Meaning | (of domestic animals) not selectively bred. | |
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| Broader | unimproved | not made more desirable or valuable or profitable |
| Meaning | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. | |
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| Synonyms | chaparral, bush | |
| Broader | vegetation, flora, botany | All the plant life in a particular region or period |
| Catalan | matoll, sotabosc | |
| Adjectives | scrubby | sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush |
| Meaning | The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water. | |
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| Synonyms | scrubbing, scouring | |
| Narrower | swabbing, mopping | cleaning with a mop |
| Broader | cleaning, cleansing, cleanup | The act of making something clean |
| Verbs | scrub | wash thoroughly |
| scrub | clean with hard rubbing | |
| Meaning | clean with hard rubbing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs scrub the vegetables | |
| Example | "She scrubbed his back" | |
| Synonym | scour | |
| Narrower | holystone | scrub with a holystone |
| Broader | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Nouns | scrub, scrubbing | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water |
| scrubber | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning | |
| scrubber | a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck) | |
| Meaning | wash thoroughly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation" | |
| Synonym | scrub up | |
| Broader | wash, lave | cleanse (one's body) with soap and water |
| Catalan | fregar | |
| Nouns | scrub | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water |
| Meaning | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "we had to scrub our vacation plans" | |
| Synonyms | cancel, call off, scratch | |
| Entails | schedule | make a schedule / schedule |
| Entailed by | postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off | hold back to a later time |