A Quick and Simple Dictionary

scrub

1. Adjective.  Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
2. Noun.  One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
3. Noun.  One who is a freak or unable to complete easy tasks.
4. Noun.  A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak '''scrub''', palmetto '''scrub''', etc.
5. Noun.  (US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
6. Noun.  Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
7. Noun.  (rfv-sense) (gaming) One who is no longer new to a game but still exhibits novice tendencies.
8. Noun.  One not on the first team of players, a substitute.
9. Verb.  (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; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
10. Verb.  (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour;.
11. Verb.  (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious; as, to '''scrub''' hard for a living.
12. Verb.  (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
13. Verb.  (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets.
14. Noun.  An instance of scrubbing.
15. Noun.  A cancellation.
16. Noun.  A worn-out brush.
17. Noun.  One who scrubs.
18. Noun.  (medicine, plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.