scrubbed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb clean with hard rubbing
    scrub; scour.
    • She scrubbed his back
  2. verb wash thoroughly
    scrub up; scrub.
    • surgeons must scrub prior to an operation
  3. verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
    cancel; scratch; scrub; call off.
    • Call off the engagement
    • cancel the dinner party
    • we had to scrub our vacation plans
    • scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
  4. adjective satellite made clean by scrubbing
    • fresh-scrubbed floors
    • boys with scrubbed necks and faces

WordNet


Scrub"bed adjective
Definitions
  1. Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.

Webster 1913