Synonyms for SCRUB
skrʌbscrub

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1. scrub

   To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables. Cleanse is especially applied to purifying processes where liquid is used, as in the flushing of a street, etc. We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. Furniture, books, etc., are dusted; floors are mopped or scrubbed; metallic utensils are scoured; a room is swept; soiled garments are washed; foul air or water is purified. Cleanse and purify are used extensively in a moral sense; wash in that sense is archaic. Compare AMEND.

   Synonyms:
   brush, clean, cleanse, disinfect, dust, lave, mop, purify, rinse, scour, sponge, sweep, wash, wipe

   Antonyms:
   befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiate

   Preposition:
   Cleanse of or from physical or moral defilement; cleanse with an instrument; by an agent; the room was cleansed by the attendants with soap and water.

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1. scrub, chaparral, bushnoun

   dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

   Synonyms:
   bush, scrubbing, crotch hair, shrub, scrub, scouring, pubic hair, chaparral

   Antonyms:
   improved

2. scrub, scrubbing, scouringadjective

   the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

   Synonyms:
   scouring, bush, chaparral, scrub, scrubbing

   Antonyms:
   improved

3. scrubverb

   (of domestic animals) not selectively bred

   Antonyms:
   improved

4. scrub, scourverb

   clean with hard rubbing

   "She scrubbed his back"

   Synonyms:
   scour, abrade, scrub up, purge, scrub, cancel, scratch, flush, call off

   Antonyms:
   improved

5. scrub, scrub upverb

   wash thoroughly

   "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"

   Synonyms:
   scratch, scour, scrub, call off, scrub up, cancel

   Antonyms:
   improved

6. cancel, call off, scratch, scrubverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, fret, strike down, strike, scour, chafe, come up, invalidate, grave, delete, excise, scratch, cancel, inscribe, call, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, offset, scrub up, set off, scratch up, rub

   Antonyms:
   improved

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1. scrubverb

   Synonyms:
   scour, cleanse, clean, rub hard

2. scrubverb

   Synonyms:
   work hard

3. scrubnoun

   Synonyms:
   mean fellow

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1. scrubnoun

   Synonyms:
   jungle, thicket, brushwood

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1. List of paraphrases for "scrub":

   rub, papaya, brush, rubbing, scrubbing, shrub

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How to use SCRUB in a sentence?

1. Dallas County:

   He was put in the suspended ineligible list. There was human error, and that list was moved over to get the people who were under 50 onto the eligible list. They failed to scrub for people who were under 18.

2. White House spokesman Eric Schultz:

   That is why he has asked his team to scrub existing legal authorities to see if there's any additional action we can take administratively, the president has made clear he's not satisfied with where we are and expects that work to be completed soon.

3. Bill Clinton:

   We should scrub all of our federal regulations to find responsible ways to make life easier to small businesses, i want to be a small business president.

4. Ronald Mc Donald:

   Grab a bucket and mop, scrub the bottom and top, there's nothing so clean, as my burger machine, You deserve a break today so get up and get away at McDonalds!

5. Tristan Zier:

   At Exec, he was willing to scrub toilets for clients. At Cruise, he was willing to go out on mapping car runs in the middle of the night. He's a hard worker through and through, he's got the grit required for early stage startups.