scrub scrubbing scouring | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water |
scrubbird scrub-bird scrub bird | small fastunning Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub |
megapode mound bird mound-bird mound builder scrub fowl | large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
gown surgical gown scrubs | protective garment worn by surgeons during operations |
scrub brush scrubbing brush scrubber | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning |
scrub plane | a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock |
scrub chaparral bush | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes |
scrub nurse | a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery |
scrub pine Virginia pine Jersey pine Pinus virginiana | common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of |
scrub beefwood beefwood Stenocarpus salignus | tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers, yields hard heavy reddish wood |
scrub oak | any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets |
myrtle oak seaside scrub oak Quercus myrtifolia | small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States, often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas |
saw palmetto scrub palmetto Serenoa repens | small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States |
tsutsugamushi disease scrub typhus | transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia |
scrub scrub up | wash thoroughly, surgeons must scrub prior to an operation |
scrub scour | clean with hard rubbing, She scrubbed his back |
cancel call off scratch scrub | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled, Call off the engagement, cancel the dinner party, we had to scrub our vacation plans, scratch that meeting--the chair is ill |
scrubbed | made clean by scrubbing, fresh-scrubbed floors, boys with scrubbed necks and faces |
scrub | (of domestic animals) not selectively bred |