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

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