scrub

Pronunciation

• enPR: skrŭb, IPA ^(key): en or /skrʌb/

• Audio (UK)

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Verb

Plain form scrub

Third-person singular scrubs

Past tense scrubbed

Past participle scrubbed

Present participle scrubbing

1. When you scrub something, you use a piece of cloth to rub very hard against an object just to clean it.

   No matter how hard I scrub, I can never make this shirt shine again.

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