scrub

v. rub, scrape, abrade; wash or clean by rubbing; cancel or postpone; remove impurities from a gas (Chemistry); examine data and remove unnecessary or extraneous items (Computers)

n. thicket, dense growth of small trees; instance of rubbing or scraping; insignificant person; small tree or bush; cancellation or postponement

adj. undersized, smaller than usual, dwarf; insignificant, inferior; covered with small trees or bushes

Scrub or scrubs may refer to:Scrubs (TV series), a television sitcom about life working in a hospitalScrubs (occupation), a surgical technologistScrubs (clothing), a kind of clothing designed for medical staff performing surgeryScrubber, an industrial gas-pollution control deviceScrub baseball, an informal or practice version of baseballScrub, a low-lying shrub vegetation predominant in scrubland
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Noun
1. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
(synonym) chaparral, bush
(hypernym) vegetation, flora
2. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
(synonym) scrubbing, scouring
(hypernym) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
(hyponym) swabbing, mopping
(derivation) scrub up
Verb
1. clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
(synonym) scour
(hypernym) rub
(hyponym) holystone
(derivation) scrubbing, scouring
2. wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
(synonym) scrub up
(hypernym) wash, lave
(derivation) scrubbing, scouring
Adjective
1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
(similar) unimproved

n. scrubland, area of land that is covered in low bushes or trees

(v. t.)
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.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
Something small and mean.
  

(n.)
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
  

(n.)
One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.
  

(n.)
A worn-out brush.
  

(n.)
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
  

(a.)
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.