Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

An instance of scrubbing. / A cancellation. / A worn-out brush. / One who scrubs. / (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.

One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. / One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks. / A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant

(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

simple past tense and past participle of scrub

(surgery, not comparable) With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves. / Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.

plural of scrub

An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed. / The removal of impurities from gas.

present participle of scrub

simple past tense and past participle of scrub in