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"ref": "1743, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann",
"text": "How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!",
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"ref": "1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn",
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"word": "scrub turpentine"
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"word": "scrub turkey"
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"word": "scrub typhus"
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"ref": "1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress",
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"ref": "1999, TLC (band), \"No Scrubs\" (song)",
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"(slang, online gaming) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating."
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"ref": "1876, “Hightum, Titum, and Scrub!”, in The Leisure Hour",
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"ref": "1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia",
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"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥək",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "حكّ"
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{
"code": "ary",
"english": "skin while washing, clothes",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "frək",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "فْرك"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎrkam",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "търкам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žulja",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "жуля"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "caat³",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "擦"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "schrobben"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "jynssätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "jyystää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "kuurata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "récurer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "frotter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "scheuern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "schrubben"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "ghāsvānu",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "ઘાસવાનુ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "qirtzéf",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "קִרְצֵף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "sikál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "sfregare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "strofinare"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "skoba"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "ūkui"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "kōmukumuku"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "hūkui"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "scrober"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "skrubbe"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "fırçalamak",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "فرچهلامق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "szorować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyszorować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "esfregar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "khituy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skrestí",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скрести́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dráitʹ",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дра́ить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "fregar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"tags": [
"Mexico"
],
"word": "tallar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "estregar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "restregar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "skrubba"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "ovmak"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "schurer"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "rischurer"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "kifroyî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "cafroter"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "kín"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "to rub hard",
"word": "fọ̀"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rub anything hard",
"word": "jynssätä"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to rub anything hard",
"word": "sikál"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be diligent and penurious",
"word": "puurtaa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otmenjam",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "отменям"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "perua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "peruuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "annuler"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "disdire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "annullare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "odwołać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otmenjatʹ",
"sense": "to call off a scheduled event; to cancel",
"word": "отменять"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Scrubs (clothing)",
"scrub"
],
"word": "scrub"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Moroccan Arabic links with redundant target parameters",
"Rhymes:English/ʌb",
"Rhymes:English/ʌb/1 syllable",
"en:Clothing",
"en:People"
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{
"word": "bug scrub"
},
{
"word": "hand scrub"
},
{
"word": "scrub nurse"
}
],
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"4": "",
"5": "groom a horse with a currycomb"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "dum",
"3": "schrobben",
"4": "",
"5": "clean by scrubbing"
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "scrubs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"An instance of scrubbing."
]
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1988, AIAA 26th Aerospace Sciences Meeting: January 11-14",
"text": "Unacceptable winds aloft caused four scrubs and one hold; adverse weather caused a scrub; […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A cancellation."
],
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"cancellation",
"cancellation"
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]
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"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1752, Robert Ainsworth, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarius",
"text": "A scrub [broom worn out] Scopa detrita.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A worn-out brush."
],
"links": [
[
"brush",
"brush"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: scrubber"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One who scrubs."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: scrubber"
}
],
"glosses": [
"That which scrubs."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"That which scrubs.",
"An exfoliant for the body."
],
"links": [
[
"exfoliant",
"exfoliant"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"Clothing worn while performing surgery."
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery."
],
"tags": [
"in-plural"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23",
"text": "A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers)."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"in-plural"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/skɹʌb/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌb"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
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}
],
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{
"sense": "clothing worn during surgery",
"word": "surgical gown"
}
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎrkane",
"sense": "instance of scrubbing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "търкане"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "instance of scrubbing",
"word": "jynssäys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who scrubs",
"word": "jynssääjä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clothing worn in surgery",
"word": "kirurgin asu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "clothing worn in surgery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blouse médicale"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clothing worn in surgery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kasack"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sukurabu",
"sense": "clothing worn in surgery",
"word": "スクラブ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "clothing worn in surgery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kitel"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kostjúm xirúrga",
"sense": "clothing worn in surgery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "костю́м хиру́рга"
}
],
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"Scrubs (clothing)",
"scrub"
],
"word": "scrub"
}
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