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Noun scrubbing has 1 sense
- scrub, scrubbing, scouring - the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
--1 is a kind of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
--1 has particulars: swabbing, mopping
Verb scrub has 2 senses
- scrub, scour - clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
--1 is one way to rub
Sample sentence:
The chefs scrub the vegetables
- scrub, scrub up - wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
--2 is one way to wash, lave
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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