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scrubbing


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrub  \Scrub\  (skr[u^]b),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scrubbed} 
  (skr[u^]bd);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Scrubbing}.]  [OE.  scrobben 
  probably  of  Dutch  or  Scand.  origin;  cf  Dan.  sckrubbe  Sw 
  skrubba  D.  schrobben  LG  schrubben.] 
  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;  as  to  scrub  a  floor,  a  doorplate. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scrubbing 
  n  :  the  act  of  cleaning  a  surface  by  rubbing  it  with  a  brush  and 
  soap  and  water  [syn:  {scrub},  {scouring}] 




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