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# scrubbed

verb form (past of scrub: scrub, scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing); adjective (scrubbed — clean)

«scrubbed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Scrubbed is the past form of «scrub»: to clean something by rubbing it hard, often with a brush, soap and water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#m1)
2. Scrubbed (clean) means very clean after scrubbing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#m2)
3. Scrubbed can also mean cancelled, for example a rocket launch was scrubbed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday hygiene and chores, children scrubbed hands, knees and floors; doctors scrub their hands before surgery. In science and news, «the launch was scrubbed» means cancelled. Phrases: «scrubbed clean», «scrubbed the floor», «scrubbed up».

### Examples

- She scrubbed her hands with soap after gardening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#x1)
- We scrubbed the muddy football boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#x2)
- Dad scrubbed the pan until it shone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#x3)
- The floor was scrubbed clean for the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#x4)
- The surgeon scrubbed up before the operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#x5)
- The rocket launch was scrubbed because of bad weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#x6)
- After him the young couple also went into the bath-room, were lathered and scrubbed,\[146\] and then went home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/#x7)

### Note

Past of «scrub» with a double b: scrub → scrubbed, scrubbing. «Scrub» can also be a noun: low bushes («scrubland»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scrubbed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scrubbed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scrubbed.html) on Mova free.