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Similar words: scrubs · scrum · shrub · scribe · scruff · scrub at · scrub up · scrubbed · scrubber · chub
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scrub

verb
1. clean2. cancel3. IND remove impurities from (gas)
noun
4. cleaning5. COSM cleanser6. land, vegetation
adjective
7. of plant8. of animal
phrases
verb
1 verb clean
TRANSITIVEsciúr verb  c m usciomair verb  c m uwe scrubbed the floor with vinegar sciúramar an t-urlár le fínéagarthe path was scrubbed clean bhí an cosán sciúrtha glantascrub your hands first nigh do lámha go maith ar dtús
INTRANSITIVEsciúr verb  c m ukeep scrubbing lean ort ag sciúradh
 2 verb informal cancel TRANSITIVEcuir ar ceal  c m u
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3 verb IND remove impurities from (gas) TRANSITIVEsciúr verb  c m usciomair verb  c m u
noun
4 noun cleaningsciúradh masc  c m usciomradh masc  c m uhe gave it a good scrub thug sé sciúradh maith dó 5 noun COSM cleansersciomradh masc  c m ubody scrub sciomradh coirp 6 noun land, vegetationscrobarnach fem2  c m u
adjective
7 adjective of plantscrobarnaí gs as adjscrub pine péine scrobarnaí 8 adjective of animalfíothail gs as adjscrub- prefscrub bull scrubtharbh masc1
phrases

to scrub up well

 humorous they scrub up well breathnaíonn siad go maith nuair a bhíonn siad cóirithe
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