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scrubbed

/skrʌbd/

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verb

To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening

Examples :

"to scrub a floor"

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verb

To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

Examples :

"After playing in the mud, the children scrubbed their hands with soap and water. "

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verb

To be diligent and penurious

Examples :

"to scrub hard for a living"

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verb

To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

Examples :

"Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather."

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verb

To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets

Examples :

"The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system."

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verb

(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.

Examples :

"The sound designer scrubbed the audio track back and forth to create a futuristic scratching effect for the movie scene. "

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verb

(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

Examples :

"The video editor scrubbed back and forth through the interview footage, looking for the perfect soundbite. "

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adjective

With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.

Examples :

"The scrubbed surgeon entered the operating room, ready to begin the procedure. "

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adjective

Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.

Examples :

"The scrubbed pine trees on the windswept hilltop were only a few feet tall, despite being decades old. "

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