Definitions for scrubbed

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scrubbed scrub·bed

Spelling: [skruhb-id]

IPA: /ˈskrʌb ɪd/

Scrubbed is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in scrubbed (bbcdersu).

Definitions for scrubbed

noun

1. an act or instance of scrubbing.
2. a canceled or postponed space flight, launching, scheduled part of a space mission, etc.
3. something, as a cosmetic preparation, used for scrubbing.

adjective

1. stunted; scrubby.

verb (used with object)

1. to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
2. to subject to friction; rub.
3. to remove (dirt, grime, etc.) from something by hard rubbing while washing.
4. Chemistry. to remove (impurities or undesirable components) from a gas by chemical means, as sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas or carbon dioxide from exhaled air in life-support packs.
5. to cancel or postpone (a space flight or part of a mission):
6. Slang. to do away with; cancel:

verb (used without object)

1. to cleanse something by hard rubbing.
2. to cleanse one's hands and arms as a preparation to performing or assisting in surgery (often followed by up).

Origin of scrubbed

First recorded in 1590-1600; scrub² + -ed³

Examples for scrubbed

She looked as if she too had, like the step, been scrubbed a few minutes before.

She scrubbed the knuckles of one hand roughly across her quivering lips.

The floor was scrubbed to whiteness, the very stove was burnished.

She scrubbed hard, snuffling all the time, and talking volubly.

Bachmann eventually relented and scrubbed the VA cutbacks from her proposal.

On Friday, her personal website and Facebook page were scrubbed from the Internet.

Off the Record ABC “scrubbed a few curse words” but largely allowed every quote to be used.

The floor had not only been washed clean; it had been scrubbed white.

Also scrubbed were the latest-generation stealth helicopters, known as “ghost hawks.”

scrubbed Graeme Wood, New York I watched online as a college classmate went from disgrace to redemption in months.