scrubbed

«scrubbed» in Mova's school dictionary: the past form of «scrub»: to clean something by rubbing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (past of scrub: scrub, scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing); adjective (scrubbed — clean)

meaning for a pupil

1) Scrubbed is the past form of «scrub»: to clean something by rubbing it hard, often with a brush, soap and water. tree →

2) Scrubbed (clean) means very clean after scrubbing. tree →

3) Scrubbed can also mean cancelled, for example a rocket launch was scrubbed. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday hygiene and chores, children scrubbed hands, knees and floors; doctors scrub their hands before surgery. In science and news, «the launch was scrubbed» means cancelled. Phrases: «scrubbed clean», «scrubbed the floor», «scrubbed up».

examples

• She scrubbed her hands with soap after gardening. tree →
• We scrubbed the muddy football boots. tree →
• Dad scrubbed the pan until it shone. tree →
• The floor was scrubbed clean for the party. tree →
• The surgeon scrubbed up before the operation. tree →
• The rocket launch was scrubbed because of bad weather. tree →
• After him the young couple also went into the bath-room, were lathered and scrubbed,[146] and then went home. tree →

note

Past of «scrub» with a double b: scrub → scrubbed, scrubbing. «Scrub» can also be a noun: low bushes («scrubland»).

In the corpora

• Nails are kept short and clean, and dirt is scrubbed from under them, because germs collect there.
• Nails are kept short and clean, with dirt scrubbed out from under them, because germs collect there.
• On Friday Finn told the teacher it was him, said sorry to Rory and scrubbed the wall clean himself.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scrubbed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.