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Scrubbing

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

📖 Definitions of "Scrubbing"

verb
  1. 1

    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

    "to scrub a floor"

  2. 2

    To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

  3. 3

    To be diligent and penurious

    "to scrub hard for a living"

  4. 4

    To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

    "Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather."

noun
  1. 1

    An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.

  2. 2

    The removal of impurities from gas.

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