scrub noun
1 small trees growing in a dry area
ADJ. desert miles of desert scrub | low The vegetation consisted of low scrub.
QUANT. patch The horses stood near a patch of scrub.
VERB + SCRUB be covered in, be overgrown with The mountain was covered in scrub.
2 cleaning
ADJ. good I gave the table a good scrub.
VERB + SCRUB give sb/sth
scrub verb
ADV. thoroughly | away, down, out
PREP. at She scrubbed at the child's face with a tissue. | from, off He scrubbed the blood from his shoes.
PHRASES freshly scrubbed his freshly scrubbed face | scrub sth clean The table had been scrubbed clean.
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