Word "SCRUB" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
Synonyms:
bush, chaparral

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
wash thoroughly
Synonyms:
scrub up
Examples:
surgeons must scrub prior to an operation

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
Synonyms:
scouring, scrubbing

Crossword Clues for SCRUB

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Clue Source Date
Brush, or brushwood? (5) Puzzler Cryptic 01 Aug 2025
Cancel last parts of dubious Tantric massage The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Aug 2025
Clean thoroughly USA Today 01 Aug 2025
Drop clean brush The Telegraph Toughie 30 Jul 2025
Clean; abolish The Telegraph Plusword 29 Jul 2025
Use a scourer: - the pot
Cancel culture initially has a problem linked to Society
Cancel final parts of endless sadistic massage
Brushwood to get the pan shiny? (5)
Exfoliating product Universal 14 Jul 2025
Clean a cooking pan thoroughly, and something for which you can use coffee grounds
Stunted vegetation shrub went frorr hot to cold (5)
Clean with elbow grease New York Times Mini 02 Jul 2025
Rub hard (5) Mirror Classic 30 Jun 2025
Brushwood (5) Puzzler 13 Jun 2025
Small baby tiger, say, runs inside bush
Brushwood The Telegraph Quick 29 May 2025
Thin vegetation (5)
Cancel deadbeat (5)
A guy that can't get no love from TLC
Clean, as a dirty pan Universal 15 May 2025
Drop cosmetic lotion (5)
Somehow curbs the use of a brush (5)
Rough bushland: out in the -
Brush vigorously The Times Concise 28 Apr 2025
Cancel loan, securing credit (5)
Rub hard Mirror Classic 19 Apr 2025
Scour: - the pot
Undergrowth (5) The Guardian Quick 03 Apr 2025
*Spring cleaning* "___ all the tiles until they look as clean as the day they were installed!"
Team of poor players will use sweeper hard (5)
Wipe small baby cuddling close to mother (5)
On board U-boat, cooker extremely clean
Call off, as a NASA mission (5)
Rough bushland
Throw out semi-abrasive cosmetic lotion (5)
Large number leave crumbs, arrange to clean (5)
Scour the bush ... (5)
Abandon area with poor vegetation The Times Quick Cryptic 05 Mar 2025
Young scouts have the right to work in a laundry
Brush brushwood (5)
Get clean away from the informal London prison!
Clean sort of growth? (5)
*In basketball: Player who rarely makes a splash Wall Street Journal 11 Feb 2025
Cancel vessel, taking credit (5)
Attack dirt Universal 04 Feb 2025
Lightly wooded bushland (5)
Thoroughly clean Commuter 31 Jan 2025
Clean vigorously USA Today 23 Jan 2025
Stunted forest growth
Cancel The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Jan 2025
Cancel scottish-polish fixture? (5)
Use a loofah, say
Scour with a brush
Brushwood The Telegraph Quick 25 Dec 2024
The wild cubs run to hide in the undergrowth (5)
Benchwarmer LA Times Daily 22 Dec 2024
Wash with a brush
A semi-abrasive cosmetic lotion for the face or body to cleanse the skin (5)
PlusWord No 935 solution The Telegraph Plusword 12 Dec 2024
Clean with hard rubbing The Telegraph Quick 10 Dec 2024
Clean with a brush Commuter 09 Dec 2024
Abolish clothing in the theatre (5)
Work hard to clean Newsday 05 Dec 2024
Curbs around stunted vegetation (5)
Scour with brush
Go at it with a sponge
Deep clean, maybe
Stunted trees and bushes (5)
"A guy that thinks he's fly and is also known as a buster," per a #1 TLC hit
Scour the outback
Stunted vegetation shrub went from hot to cold (5)
Brush and clean thoroughly
Cancel clean out (5)
Stunted growth in small vineyard with beginning of blight
Clean a cooking pan thoroughly, and something for which you can use coffee grounds
Wash vigorously Newsday 24 Sep 2024
Rubs out the C in "clean" (5)
Clean forcefully The Telegraph Plusword 24 Sep 2024
Vegetation consisting of stunted trees and bushes (5)
Get rid of misguided curbs (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 15 Sep 2024
Get rid of misguided curbs (5) The Guardian Quick 15 Sep 2024
Get rid of misguided curbs (5) The Guardian Quick 14 Sep 2024
Get rid of misguided curbs (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 14 Sep 2024
Cancel the order for trees if they're stunted (5)
Face ___ (abrasive cleaner)
Get rid of a lot of surgical clothing (5)
Savagely curbs the undergrowth (5)
Wash thoroughly Eugene Sheffer 28 Aug 2024
Use a loofah New York Times 21 Aug 2024
No regular Newsday 17 Aug 2024
Abrasive skin cleaner
Irregularly vegetated bushland
Clean by rubbing with a hard brush (5)
Clean vigorously The Telegraph Quick 03 Jul 2024
Undergrowth to clean well with? (5)
Sparse vegetation (5)
RN's outfit
Below-average ball player, in sports slang
Remove untidy vegetation (5) The Guardian Cryptic 20 Jun 2024
Go after grime LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2024
How to clean low forest (5)
Scrap one of costumes in theatre? (5)
Cancel cleaning process
Remove dirt from heathland (5)
Remove the grime from
Scour, rub (5)
Thoroughly scour brushwood country (5)
Cancel US sitcom without finale The Times Cryptic 20 May 2024
Rub hard in washing
Rub vigorously
Get rid of the undergrowth
Cancel the clean-up!
Clean vessel with king aboard The Times Quick Cryptic 07 May 2024
Scour the bush country (5)
To rub hard (5)
Scour: - the pans
Clean undergrowth (5)
Rub hard Mirror Classic 05 Apr 2024
Scour The Sun Two Speed 04 Apr 2024
Clean with brush The Sun Two Speed 04 Apr 2024
*Spring cleaning* "___ all the tiles until they look as clean as the day they were installed!"
Scour with a steel wool pad
Cancel the brushwood (5)
Wash with hard brush (5)
Abrasive skin cleanser
Clean thoroughly The Guardian Speedy 25 Feb 2024
Credit it's in the bus which needs a good cleaning? (5)
Use brush hard to cancel it (5)
Stunted vegetation (5)
Clean with steel wool USA Today 09 Feb 2024
Clean vigorously (5) Puzzler 08 Feb 2024
Clean up rough country (5)
Wash Mirror Quick 03 Feb 2024
Clean vegetation Mirror Cryptic 03 Feb 2024
Clean under and around the car chassis (5)
Cancel membership fee after receiving credit (5)
Cancel membership fee after receiving credit The Guardian Cryptic 25 Jan 2024
Wash vigorously Thomas Joseph 22 Jan 2024
Clean chromium collected by an underwater explorer (5)
Use a sponge USA Today 17 Dec 2023
Abandon crew's first couple in sub The Sun Two Speed 06 Dec 2023
Scour The Sun Two Speed 06 Dec 2023
Rub hard Mirror Classic 05 Dec 2023
Wash undergrowth Mirror Cryptic 27 Nov 2023
Cancel a space mission
Clean Mirror Quick 27 Nov 2023
Face ___ (facial exfoliator)
Exfoliating product USA Today 11 Sep 2023
Brush vigorously The Times Concise 09 Sep 2023
Really clean LA Times Daily 12 Aug 2023
Abrasive skin cleanser
Cancel New York Times 29 Jul 2023
Clean vessel boarded by new leader The Guardian Cryptic 06 Jul 2023
Do away with — undergrowth The Guardian Quick 13 Apr 2023
No first-stringer New York Times 31 Mar 2023
Clean by rubbing hard The Guardian Quick 13 Jan 2023
Wash thoroughly Eugene Sheffer 06 Jan 2023
Skin exfoliant
Second- or third-stringer New York Times 04 Dec 2022
Cancel boat to collect the King The Telegraph Toughie 10 Nov 2022
Deputy taking credit for cleanse The Guardian Cryptic 17 Oct 2022
Cancel, as a mission Universal 03 Oct 2022
Clean brush The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Aug 2022
Wash thoroughly Eugene Sheffer 06 Aug 2022
Cancel; scour The Telegraph Quick 27 Jul 2022
Abandon in brushwood
Clean with a brush USA Today 18 Jun 2022
Full-body treatment at a Korean spa Universal 25 May 2022
Clean thoroughly The Guardian Speedy 15 May 2022
Clean vigorously The Washington Post 01 May 2022
Clean vigorously LA Times Daily 01 May 2022
Abandon vessel that may sink around Costa Rica
Clean with hard rubbing Irish Times Simplex 05 Apr 2022
Axe stunted trees
Axe stunted trees The Guardian Cryptic 07 Feb 2022
Clean area of arid land
Cancel Eugene Sheffer 15 Jan 2022
Clean with hard rubbing Irish Times Simplex 29 Dec 2021
Brushwood The Telegraph Quick 24 Dec 2021
Abandon husband becoming cold in Bush
Clean with hard rubbing Irish Times Simplex 08 Dec 2021
Clean vigorously USA Today 07 Dec 2021
Clean area with dense vegetation The Times Cryptic 16 Nov 2021
Work to clean Universal 10 Nov 2021
Take out of the game New York Times 17 Oct 2021
Cancel Bush?
Get rid of stunted vegetation The Times Cryptic 04 Oct 2021
Face ___ (facial exfoliator)
Get rid of stunted trees, say
Clean with hard rubbing Irish Times Simplex 03 Aug 2021
Wash thoroughly Thomas Joseph 28 Jul 2021
Scour the undergrowth
Cancel loser
Wash vigorously Newsday 22 Jun 2021
Remove stunted vegetation
Scour The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2021
Abandon half of crew in sub The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2021
Clean with hard rubbing Irish Times Simplex 15 May 2021
Exfoliating product USA Today 06 May 2021
Abandon insignificant drudge The Telegraph Toughie 05 May 2021
Clean by hard rubbing The Times Concise 06 Apr 2021
Clean with a wire brush USA Today 17 Mar 2021
Clean vigorously Universal 08 Mar 2021
Get rid of Bush
. Special youngster gets in first, ready for wash
Skin exfoliant Universal 08 Jan 2021
Clean axe The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Dec 2020
Clean with a brush, say The Washington Post Sunday 13 Dec 2020
Do some deep cleaning of the house
Dump commander's jacket in boat
Scour; cancel The Telegraph Quick 11 Nov 2020
Clean with brush? The Sun Two Speed 07 Nov 2020
Wash with vigor New York Times 02 Nov 2020
Wash thoroughly Thomas Joseph 21 Oct 2020
Cleanser customer emptied in vessel The Telegraph Toughie 16 Oct 2020
Scour USA Today 10 Oct 2020
Clean thoroughly with a brush
Rub clean; cancel The Times Concise 17 Aug 2020
Wash thoroughly
Abandon small clique after changing sides The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Jul 2020
Abandon bushy area The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Jul 2020
Clean with hard rubbing USA Today 11 Jul 2020
Prepare for surgery Wall Street Journal 27 Jun 2020
Get rid of   stunted vegetation
Scour the backwoods The Sun Two Speed 08 Jun 2020
Brushwood The Sun Two Speed 08 Jun 2020
Prep for surgery LA Times Daily 12 Apr 2020
Prep for surgery The Washington Post 12 Apr 2020
Cancel credit accepted by reserve The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Apr 2020
Clean using elbow grease Family Time 29 Mar 2020
Abrasive skin cleanser
Clean by rubbing The Telegraph Quick 27 Feb 2020
Brush hard to clean Irish Times Simplex 26 Feb 2020
Abandon local small French vineyard heading for bankruptcy Irish Times Crosaire 20 Feb 2020
Wash thoroughly Eugene Sheffer 26 Dec 2019
Drop clean brush
Scour stunted trees and bushes The Telegraph Toughie 01 Oct 2019
Scour The Telegraph Quick 12 Sep 2019
Really clean Jonesin 03 Sep 2019
Clean thoroughly Newsday 14 Jul 2019
Cancel New York Times 12 Jul 2019
Rub hard to clean Irish Times Simplex 11 Jul 2019
Benchwarmer New York Times 17 Jun 2019
Cancel Eugene Sheffer 04 Jun 2019
Get rid of brushwood
Clean thoroughly Universal 28 Apr 2019
Really clean Premier Sunday 07 Apr 2019
Cancel, as a mission Universal 30 Mar 2019
Cancel Wall Street Journal 26 Feb 2019
Clean with S.O.S The Washington Post 17 Feb 2019
Clean with S.O.S LA Times Daily 17 Feb 2019
Abandon half crew in sub The Sun Two Speed 16 Jan 2019
Abrasive skin cleaner
Spa treatment
Benchwarmer
Clean with S.O.S
Cancel
Cancel
Cancel, as a mission
Clean thoroughly
Exfoliating stuff Wall Street Journal 05 Dec 2018
Second-stringer New York Times 04 Dec 2018
Rub hard to clean The Times Concise 27 Nov 2018
Cancel most of theatre costumes The Telegraph Toughie 08 Nov 2018
Cancel a launch or clean floors Family Time 05 Nov 2018
Second-stringer USA Today 28 Oct 2018
Cancel, as a blast-off Universal 23 Oct 2018
Wash with vigor Premier Sunday 21 Oct 2018
Clean bush
Clean with brush The Sun Two Speed 04 Oct 2018
Inferior NFL team cancel
Fourth-stringer Universal 21 Aug 2018
Drop brush The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Aug 2018
Wash vigorously Thomas Joseph 14 Jul 2018
Third-stringer New York Times 12 Jul 2018
Abandon crew's first couple in sub The Sun Two Speed 11 Jun 2018
Cancel subscription to protect creditor
Cancel credit in advance The Telegraph Cryptic 02 May 2018
Call off Newsday 05 Apr 2018
Cancel regular payment, getting round creditor
Cancel at NASA LA Times Daily 01 Apr 2018
Clean with elbow grease USA Today 01 Apr 2018
Cancel at NASA The Washington Post 01 Apr 2018
Clean backless dress for theatre
Clean thoroughly Jonesin 27 Feb 2018
More than just rub
Clean The Sun Two Speed 02 Feb 2018
Brush, or brushwood? The Sun Two Speed 02 Feb 2018
Second-stringer
Third-stringer
Exfoliating stuff
Clean with elbow grease
Cancel at NASA
Second-stringer
Fourth-stringer
Cancel, as a blast-off
Take out and clean The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Sep 2017
Curbs placed on vegetation
Benchwarmer Newsday 21 Jul 2017
Work hard to clean Newsday 07 Jul 2017
Cancel Thomas Joseph 01 Jul 2017
Scour; brushwood The Telegraph Quick 26 Jun 2017
Get ready for surgery Wall Street Journal 15 May 2017
Prepare for surgery Thomas Joseph 17 Apr 2017
Tackle dirt The Chronicle of Higher Education 10 Feb 2017
Wash dishes, perhaps Universal 20 Jan 2017
Get rid of stunted growth The Times Cryptic 11 Jan 2017
Tackle dirt
Wash dishes, perhaps
Wash thoroughly Newsday 20 Dec 2016
Back's ripped from dress in theatre scrap The Times Cryptic 15 Nov 2016
Back's ripped from dress in theatre scrap
Benchwarmer Wall Street Journal 27 Aug 2016
Clean very well Newsday 19 Jun 2016
Cancel, NASA-style The Washington Post 08 Jun 2016
Cancel, as a mission USA Today 29 Apr 2016
Use elbow grease New York Times 25 Apr 2016
Exfoliating lotion Wall Street Journal 26 Mar 2016
Cancel loan, having received credit
Clean with elbow grease Universal 20 Feb 2016
Abandon abrasive cleaner The Telegraph Toughie 17 Feb 2016
Cancel, as a space mission Newsday 10 Feb 2016
Clean vigorously Newsday 08 Feb 2016
Get rid of type of vegetation
Scour The Guardian Speedy 24 Jan 2016
Abandon brush The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Jan 2016
Cancel Newsday 24 Dec 2015
Cancel; clean thoroughly The Times Concise 11 Nov 2015
Get rid of undergrowth
Abandon stunted vegetation
Clean vigorously LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2015
Wash the pots Eugene Sheffer 10 Aug 2015
Use elbow grease USA Today 29 Jul 2015
Abandon stunted vegetation
Use an S.O.S pad LA Times Daily 14 Jul 2015
Cancel, as a space trip Universal 30 Jun 2015
Abandon meagre growth
Cancel Universal 11 Jun 2015
Abandon wild country The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jun 2015
Clean up some of the Aussie territory? The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jun 2015
Clean, as dishes Universal 15 Apr 2015
Clean, as dishes
Clean with hard rubbing
Use elbow grease
Cancel, as a space trip
Cancel
Wash thoroughly
Cancel
Use an S.O.S pad
Clean vigorously
Attack baked-on grease, say
Get rid of stunted vegetation
Cancel loan, needing to secure credit
Hit the dirt?
Hit the dirt?
Clean vigorously
Hit the dirt hard?
Prepare for surgery
TLC won't hang w/one
Clean up something in the garden?
Really clean
Use a wire brush on
Clean with effort
Clean with elbow grease
Abort a mission
Cancel, as a launch
Do a pre-op chore
Deep-clean
Attack baked-on grease, say
Scour
Call off, as a mission
Attack baked-on grease, say
Clean with effort
Use Comet on
Cancel, as a rocket launch
Deep-clean
Wash very hard
Clean thoroughly
Cancel, as a rocket launch
Wash with elbow grease
Use elbow grease on
Use elbow grease on
Clean using elbow grease
Prep for surgery
One seen during a blowout
Wash with elbow grease
TLC: "A ___ is a guy that can't get no love"
Cancel, slangily
Cancel, slangily
Wash before operating
Abandon
Wash very hard
Cancel, at Cape Canaveral
Benchwarmer
Perform a preop procedure
Cancel, as a mission
Clean well
Use elbow grease
Clean using elbow grease
Benchwarmer
Scour thoroughly
Cancel, la Mission Control
Go without launch?
Wash before surgery
Clean using elbow grease
Subject to friction
Third-stringer, say
Scour, as pots
Clean with effort
Prepare for the OR
Terminate
Benchwarmer
Cancel, at Cape Canaveral
Call off
Probable benchwarmer
Cancel, so to speak
Clean with elbow grease
Clean diligently
Do some cleansing
Bench sitter
Second-stringer
Postpone the launch
Scour
Wash hard
Benchwarmer
Prepare for surgery
Clean diligently
Prepare for surgery
Substitute
Do a pre-op chore
Hit the dirt?
Prepare for an operation
Abort, as a mission
Sanitize with a brush
Swab
Kind of nurse
Prepare for surgery
Call off
Cancel
Clean with effort
Third-stringer
Second-stringer
Prepare to operate
Cancel
Desert growth
Use elbow grease
Second-stringer
Bench warmer
Bench warmer
Prepare to operate
Clean with a vengeance
Cancel
Benchwarmer
Cancel, as a launch
Use elbow grease
Third-stringer
Prepare to operate
Use elbow grease
Benchwarmer, often
Job for 4-Down
Second-string player
Get rid of stunted vegetation
Get superclean
Prepare for an operation
Prepare for surgery
Second-stringer
Wash with elbow grease
Cancel, slangily
Go without launch?
Second-stringer
Second-stringer
Clean with elbow grease
Bench rider
Do away with
Stunted tree
Second- or third-stringer
Abort a mission
One way to clean
Second-string player
Nonvarsity player
Abandon
Hit the dirt?
Cancel a space trip
Bench warmer
Stunted tree
Cleanse
Do the floors
Clean up
Cancel a launch
Abort a mission
Kind of team or brush
Kind of pine or oak
Postpone a rocket launch
Cancel, as a blastoff
Do brush work
Kind of brush
Cancel, as a mission
Low trees
Cancel, as a space launch.
Give a good cleaning
Thicket.
Sand-lot team.
An impromptu team.
Dwarf tree area.
Area covered with low trees or shrubs.
Impromptu, as a game.
Inferior.
Varsity hopeful.
___ team.
Rub clean.
Second team.
Stunted tree.
Team of non-regulars.
Stunted trees and shrubs.
Player not on the regular team.
Sub-varsity team.
Undersized.
Substitute player.
Kind of team.
Clean floors
Brushwood.
Do some housework.
Clean.
Type of team.
Unsung athlete.
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