scrub

scrub
I 1. transitive verb,
-bb-
1) (rub) schrubben (ugs.); scheuern
2) (coll.): (cancel, scrap) zurücknehmen [Befehl]; sausen lassen, schießen lassen (salopp) [Plan, Projekt]; wegschmeißen (ugs.) [Brief]
2. intransitive verb,
-bb- schrubben (ugs.); scheuern
3. noun

give something a scrub — etwas schrubben (ugs.) od. scheuern

II noun
(brushwood) Buschwerk, das; Strauchwerk, das; Gesträuch, das; (area of brushwood) Buschland, das
* * *
1. past tense, past participle - scrubbed; verb
1) (to rub hard in order to clean: She's scrubbing the floor.) schrubben
2) (to remove by scrubbing: She scrubbed the mess off the carpet.) schrubben
3) (to cancel: We planned to go but had to scrub the idea.) aufgeben
2. noun
(an act of scrubbing.) das Schrubben
- academic.ru/118290/scrubbing-brush">scrubbing-brush
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scrub1
[skrʌb]
n no pl
1. (trees and bushes) Gestrüpp nt
2. (area) Busch m, Buschland nt
scrub2
[skrʌb]
I. n
1. (thorough clean)
to give sth a [good] \scrub etw [gründlich] [ab]schrubben fam
2. (semi-abrasive skin-cleanser) Peeling nt
II. vt
<-bb->
1. (clean)
to \scrub sth etw [ab]schrubben fam
to \scrub sb clean [or down] jdn abschrubben fam
to \scrub a saucepan clean einen Topf blank scheuern
2. (fam: cancel, abandon)
to \scrub sth etw fallenlassen; project etw abblasen fam
3. COMPUT
to \scrub sth etw löschen
III. vi
<-bb->
schrubben fam
to \scrub at sth an etw dat herumschrubben fam
* * *
I [skrʌb]
n
Gebüsch nt, Gestrüpp nt; (also scrubland) Gestrüpp nt; (tropical) Busch(land nt) m II
1. n
Schrubben nt no pl

to give sth a scrub/a good scrub — etw schrubben/gründlich abschrubben

2. vt
schrubben, scheuern; vegetables putzen; (inf = cancel) abblasen (inf); idea abschreiben (inf)

to scrub oneself all over — sich von oben bis unten abschrubben

to scrub off a dirty mark — einen Schmutzfleck wegschrubben

3. vi

to scrub at sth — an etw (dat) herumreiben

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scrub1 [skrʌb]
A v/t
1. schrubben, scheuern, (ab)reiben
2. TECH Gas reinigen
3. auch scrub out umg eine Fahrt etc streichen, ausfallen lassen
B v/i
1. scheuern, schrubben, reiben:
scrub up sich die Hände desinfizieren (Arzt vor Operation)
2. scrub round sth umg etwas ignorieren oder umgehen
C s
1. Scheuern n, Schrubben n:
that wants a good scrub das muss tüchtig gescheuert werden
2. scrubber 1
3. SPORT US
a) Reservespieler(in)
b) auch scrub team zweite Mannschaft oder Garnitur
c) auch scrub game Spiel n der Reservemannschaften
scrub2 [skrʌb] s
1. Gestrüpperf n, Buschwerk n
2. Busch m (Gebiet)
3. a) verkrüppelter Baum
b) Tier n minderwertiger oder unbekannter Abstammung
c) Knirps m
d) fig pej Null f (Person)
* * *
I 1. transitive verb,
-bb-
1) (rub) schrubben (ugs.); scheuern
2) (coll.): (cancel, scrap) zurücknehmen [Befehl]; sausen lassen, schießen lassen (salopp) [Plan, Projekt]; wegschmeißen (ugs.) [Brief]
2. intransitive verb,
-bb- schrubben (ugs.); scheuern
3. noun

give something a scrub — etwas schrubben (ugs.) od. scheuern

II noun
(brushwood) Buschwerk, das; Strauchwerk, das; Gesträuch, das; (area of brushwood) Buschland, das
* * *
n.
Gestrüpp n. v.
scheuern v.
schrubben v.

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