"scrub" meaning in All languages combined

See scrub on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: en Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrub.wav [UK] Forms: scrub [canonical], scrubs [third-person, singular], scrubbed [past], scrubbed [past, participle], scrubbing [present, participle]
enPR: skrŭb Head templates: {{verb|scrub|b}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you scrub something, you use a piece of cloth to rub very hard against an object just to clean it.
    Sense id: simple-scrub-en-verb-6GtDHVZI
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          "text": "No matter how hard I scrub, I can never make this shirt shine again."
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        "participle"
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