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# scrubbing

verb form (-ing form of scrub: scrub, scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing); noun (scrubbing, a scrubbing)

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

## Everyday

1. Scrubbing is cleaning something by rubbing it hard, usually with a brush and soap or water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#m1)
2. A scrubbing is one act of cleaning in this way: «The bath needs a good scrubbing.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life chores include scrubbing floors, pots and the bath; in hygiene lessons, scrubbing hands for at least 20 seconds removes germs. Phrases: «scrubbing brush», «a good scrubbing», «keep scrubbing».

### Examples

- Keep scrubbing your hands for twenty seconds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x1)
- Mum was scrubbing the kitchen floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x2)
- The bath needs a good scrubbing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x3)
- I'm scrubbing the mud off my shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x4)
- Use the scrubbing brush on the grill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x5)
- Scrubbing your teeth too hard can hurt your gums; brush gently. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x6)
- On bringing him home he resorted to every means of cleaning, and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x7)

### Note

«Scrub» + «-ing» with a double b. In the UK «scrubbing brush», in the USA «scrub brush». A hand-washing rule: scrub all parts — palms, backs, between fingers, nails.

## On Mova

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