English

Pronunciation
\Scrub\,
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�b|-�b

Adjective
en-adj

1. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

#:"How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!" -Walpole.
#:"No little scrub joint shall come on my board." -Swift.

Derived terms
Scrub game a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players.
Scrub race a race between scrubs, or between untrained animals or contestants.

Noun
en-noun

1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

#:We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.

1. Something small and mean.
2. A worn-out brush.
3. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
4. (Stock Breeding): One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding. US
5. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush. See brush, above.
6. (Gaming): One who is no longer new to a game but still exhibits novice tendencies. "What a scrub."

Translations
trans-top|One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow
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trans-top|Something small and mean
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trans-top|A worn-out brush
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trans-top|A thicket or jungle
Finnish: pensaikko
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trans-top|One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed
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trans-top|Vegetation of inferior quality
Finnish: kitukasvuinen kasvi
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Derived terms
Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the family {Atrichornithid[ae]}, as {Atrichia clamosa}; -- called also {brush bird}.
Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfishspecies of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is {Quercus ilicifolia}, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Q. Catesb[ae]i}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Q. undulata}, var. Gambelii.
Scrub robin (Zo["o]l.), an Australian singing bird of the genus {Drymodes}.

Verb
en-verb|scrub|b|ing

1. transitive To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
2. intransitive To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
3. transitive To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

#: Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather.

Translations
trans-top|To rub hard
Finnish: jynssätä, jyystää, kuurata
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Portuguese: esfregar
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trans-top|To rub anything hard
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trans-top|To call off a scheduled event; to cancel
Finnish: perua
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ttbc|Spanish: restregar, tallar (Mexico)
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