[scrub] n, often attrib [ME, alter. of schrobbe shrub--more at shrub] (14c) 1 a: a stunted tree or shrub b: vegetation consisting chiefly of scrubs c: a tract covered with scrub
2: a domestic animal of mixed or unknown parentage and usu. inferior conformation: mongrel
3: a person of insignificant size or standing
4: a player not belonging to the first string
[2]scrub vb scrubbed ; scrub.bing [of LG or Scand origin; akin to MLG & MD schrubben to scrub, Sw skrubba] vt (ca. 1595) 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 ~ vi 1: to use hard rubbing in cleaning
2: to prepare for surgery by scrubbing oneself -- scrub.ba.ble adj [3]scrub n (1621) 1: an act or instance of scrubbing; esp: cancellation
2: one that scrubs