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Meaning
Adj
●
Mean;
dirty
;
contemptible
; scrubby.
Noun
●
One who
labors
hard
and
lives
meanly
; a
mean
fellow.
●
One who is
incompetent
or unable to
complete
easy
tasks.
●
A
thicket
or
jungle
, often
specified
by the name of
the
prevailing
plant
●
In American English:
One of the common
livestock
of a
region
of no particular
breed
or
not of
pure
breed
, especially when
inferior
in
size
, etc. Often used to
refer
to
male
animals
unsuited
for
breed
ing.
●
Vegetation of
inferior
quality, though sometimes
thick
and
impenetrable
,
growing
in
poor
soil
or in
sand
; also, brush.
●
One
not on
the
first team
of
players
; a substitute.
●
In Clothing & People:
Informal
attire
or
dress code
;
morning
dress
●
An
instance
of scrubbing.
●
A cancellation.
●
A
worn-out
brush.
●
One who scrubs.
●
That which scrubs.
An
exfoliant
for the body.
●
In Medicine & Clothing:
Clothing
worn
while
performing
surgery.
●
In Clothing:
Any
medical
uniform
consisting of
a
short-sleeved
shirt
and
pants
(trousers).
Verb
●
To
rub
hard
; to
wash with
rub
bing; usually, to
rub
with a
wet
brush
, or with something
coarse
or
rough
, for the
purpose
of
cleaning
or brightening
●
To
rub
anything
hard
, especially with a
wet
brush
; to scour
●
To be
diligent
and penurious
●
To
call off
a
scheduled
event
; to cancel.
●
In Databases:
To
eliminate
or to
correct
data
from a set of
records
to
bring it
inline
with other
similar
data
sets
●
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.
●
To
maneuver
the
play
position
on a media
editing
system by using a
scroll bar
or touch-based interface.
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