ENGLISH: scrub - CREOLE: frote



Overview of noun scrub



The noun scrub has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. scrub, chaparral, bush -- (dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes)

2. scrub, scrubbing, scouring -- (the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water)



Overview of verb scrub



The verb scrub has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (4) scrub, scour -- (clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back")

2. (1) scrub, scrub up -- (wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation")

3. cancel, call off, scratch, scrub -- (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")



Overview of adj scrub



The adj scrub has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. scrub -- ((of domestic animals) not selectively bred)

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