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Definitions for: Scrub
[n] the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
[n] dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
[adj] (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
[v] wash thoroughly; of surgeons before an operation
[v] clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
Webster (1913) Definition: Scrub, n.
1. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and
impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also,
brush. See Brush, above.
Scrub (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrubbed
(skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrubbing.] [OE. scrobben,
probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sckrubbe, Sw.
skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet
brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
Scrub, v. i.
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour;
hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a
living.
Scrub, n.
1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. ``A
sorry scrub.'' --Bunyan.
We should go there in as proper a manner possible;
nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
--Goldsmith.
2. Something small and mean.
3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth.
4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region
of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when
inferior in size, etc. [U.S.]
Scrub bird (Zo["o]l.), an Australian passerine bird of the
family Atrichornithid[ae], as Atrichia clamosa; --
called also brush bird.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish
species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the
Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Q.
Catesb[ae]i}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Q.
undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zo["o]l.), an Australian singing bird of the
genus Drymodes.
Scrub, a.
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
--Walpole.
No little scrub joint shall come on my board. --Swift.
Scrub game, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.
Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained
animals or contestants.
Synonyms: bush, chaparral, scour, scouring, scrub up, scrubbing, unimproved
See Also: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, flora, holystone, lave, mopping, rub, swabbing, vegetation, wash
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