Definition of "scrub" in Anglais

adjective

1. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

noun

1. (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.

   • oak scrub

2. (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.

3. (countable, 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.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.

4. (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

   • A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly And is also known as a buster Always talkin' about what he wants And just sits on his broke ass […]

5. (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.

   • Wow, she really scored 0? What a scrub!

6. (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.

7. (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.

verb

1. (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

   • to scrub a floor
   • to scrub your fingernails

2. (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious

   • to scrub hard for a living

4. (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

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

5. (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets

   • The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system.

6. (media) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.

7. (media) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

noun