scrub
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
Types & categories
- flora hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
clean with hard rubbing
She scrubbed his back
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- scrubbing derivation
- scrub brush derivation
- scour derivation
- scourer derivation
- scrubber derivation
Sense 3 adjective
(of domestic animals) not selectively bred
Related & opposite
- unimproved similar to
Sense 4 noun
the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
wash thoroughly
surgeons must scrub prior to an operation
Types & categories
- wash hypernym
Related & opposite
- scrubbing derivation
Sense 6 verb
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
Call off the engagement
Related & opposite
- cancellation derivation
- schedule entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bushy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrubby |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flora |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrubbing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrub brush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scour |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scourer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrubber |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rub |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | holystone |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unimproved |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrub up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrub |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cleaning |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | swabbing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrubbing |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wash |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancellation |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | schedule |