scrub
verb/skrʌb/
/skrʌb/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they scrub | /skrʌb/ /skrʌb/ |
| he / she / it scrubs | /skrʌbz/ /skrʌbz/ |
| past simple scrubbed | /skrʌbd/ /skrʌbd/ |
| past participle scrubbed | /skrʌbd/ /skrʌbd/ |
| -ing form scrubbing | /ˈskrʌbɪŋ/ /ˈskrʌbɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to clean something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush and usually with soap and water
- scrub something/yourself I found him in the kitchen, scrubbing the floor.
- He stepped into the shower and scrubbed himself all over.
- scrub something/yourself down She scrubbed the counters down with bleach.
- scrub at something The woman scrubbed at her face with a tissue.
- scrub something/yourself + adj. Scrub the vegetables clean.
Extra Examples- He scrubbed the mud from his shoes.
- The table had been scrubbed clean.
- his freshly scrubbed face
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- furiously
- vigorously
- thoroughly
- …
- at
- from
- off
- …
- freshly scrubbed
- scrub something clean
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- [transitive] scrub something (informal) to cancel something that you have arranged to do
Word Originverb late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schrobben, schrubben.
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