noun
- Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.
- The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.
verb
- Clean with hard rubbing.
- usage: "She scrubbed his back"
- synonyms: scour
- Wash thoroughly.
- usage: "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
- synonyms: scrub up
- Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.
- usage: "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting-the chair is ill"
adjective
- Of domestic animals. ( not selectively bred).
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