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scrubbing

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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 
          Listen to the pronunciation of scrubbable \ˈskrə-bə-bəl\ adjective


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