What is the meaning of scrubbing?

noun

  • 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"
  • 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"
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