Main Entry:

²scrub

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

scrubbed; scrub·bing

Etymology:

of Low German or Scandinavian origin; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch schrubben to scrub, Swedish skrubba

Date:

circa 1595

transitive verb1 a (1): to clean with hard rubbing : scour (2): to remove by scrubbing b: to subject to friction : rub2: wash 6c(2)3: cancel, eliminate <scrubbed the flight because of bad weather>intransitive verb1: to use hard rubbing in cleaning2: to prepare for performing surgery by scrubbing oneself

— scrub·ba·ble \ˈskrə-bə-bəl\ adjective