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Adjective: scrubbed  skrú-bid
  1. Made clean by scrubbing
    "fresh-scrubbed floors"; "boys with scrubbed necks and faces"
Verb: scrub (scrubbed,scrubbing)  skrúb
  1. Clean with hard rubbing
    "She scrubbed his back";
    - scour
     
  2. Wash thoroughly
    "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation";
    - scrub up
     
  3. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
    "we had to scrub our vacation plans";
    - cancel, call off, scratch

See also: clean

Type of: lave, rub, wash

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