- 1[singular] an act of scrub bing something I've given the floor a good scrub.
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- 2[uncountable] small bushes and trees The bird disappeared into the scrub.
- 3(also scrub‧land) [uncountable] an area of dry land covered with small bushes and trees
- 4scrubs [plural] (technology) the special clothes worn by surgeons when they are doing medical operations
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