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# scrubbing

«scrubbing» in Mova's school dictionary: **cleaning something by rubbing it hard, usually with a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (-ing form of scrub: scrub, scrubs, scrubbed, scrubbing); noun (scrubbing, a scrubbing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Scrubbing is cleaning something by rubbing it hard, usually with a brush and soap or water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#m1)

2) A scrubbing is one act of cleaning in this way: «The bath needs a good scrubbing.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life chores include scrubbing floors, pots and the bath; in hygiene lessons, scrubbing hands for at least 20 seconds removes germs. Phrases: «scrubbing brush», «a good scrubbing», «keep scrubbing».

### examples

- Keep scrubbing your hands for twenty seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x1)
- Mum was scrubbing the kitchen floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x2)
- The bath needs a good scrubbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x3)
- I'm scrubbing the mud off my shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x4)
- Use the scrubbing brush on the grill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x5)
- Scrubbing your teeth too hard can hurt your gums; brush gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x6)
- On bringing him home he resorted to every means of cleaning, and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/#x7)

### note

«Scrub» + «-ing» with a double b. In the UK «scrubbing brush», in the USA «scrub brush». A hand-washing rule: scrub all parts — palms, backs, between fingers, nails.

### In the corpora

- [Teeth are brushed gently in small circles with a soft brush, because hard scrubbing hurts the gums and wears the teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/73-brushing-your-teeth/9/)
- [Cleaning machines do the boring jobs people once did by hand: scrubbing clothes, wringing them out, beating carpets and pressing creases.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scrubbing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrubbing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.