What is the meaning of scrubbed?

verb

  • Clean with hard rubbing.
    • usage: "She scrubbed his back"
  • Wash thoroughly.
    • usage: "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
  • 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

  • Made clean by scrubbing.
    • usage: "fresh-scrubbed floors"; "boys with scrubbed necks and faces"
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