I couldn't scrub the stain out.
Source: tatoeba (53363)
Scrub
//skɹʌb//
Synonyms for "scrub" (267 found)
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Closest matches (54)
Strong matches (80)
desistdetritiondiscontinuedo away withdouchedouchingdressingdropdrop itdummyelutionelutriationendenemaeraseerasureerodeerosionfigureheadfile
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filingflushflush outflushingflushing outforestforest landforest preserveforestryfrayfrazzlefretfrettingfringing forestgallgallery forestgallinggarglegive overgive upgnawgnaw awaygrategrazegrazinggreenwoodgrindgrindinghalthangerhave done withholdholystoneindex forestinferiorinsignificancyirrigateirrigationjackstrawjunglejunglesknock it offlatherlatheringlaunderlavabolavagelavationlavelavinglay offleave offlightweightlimationlittle fellowlittle guy
Related words (133)
man in the streetman of strawmediocritymopmop upmoppingmopping upnational forestnebbishnobodynobody one knowsnonentitynothingobscuritypalmetto barrensparkpark forestpine barrenspip squeakpip-squeak
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polishpolishingpoor relationprimeval forestprotection forestpunkquitrain forestraspraspingrazereforestationrefrainrelinquishrenouncerinserinse outrinsingritually immerserubrub awayrub offrub outrubbing awayruntsandblastingsandingscourscouringscrapescrapingscratchscratchingscrub upscrubbingscrubbing upscrublandscrubwoodscuffsecondaryselection forestshampooshiningshowershrimpshrubshrubberyshrublandshrubwoodsilvicultureskinsluicesluice outsmall frysmall potatosmall potatoessmoothingsoapsoapingspongespongingsprout forestsquirtsquitstand of timberstate foreststaystopsubalternsubordinatesurgical gownswabswabbingsyringeterminatetimbertimberlandtoiveltree veldtubunderlingunderstrapperunimprovedvirgin forestwashwash outwash upwashingwashing upwashoutwashupwearwear awaywearing awaywhiffetwhippersnapperwildwoodwiping upwoodwoodlandwoods
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Synonyms
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
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etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
109 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σκῖρος noun (a thicket or jungle)
- σμήχω verb (to rub hard)
Arabic
2 entries- حكّ verb (to rub hard)
- فْرك verb (to rub hard)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гъсталак noun (a thicket or jungle)
- дребосък noun (something small and mean)
- търкане noun (instance of scrubbing)
- храсталак noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 擦 verb (to rub hard)
Czech
4 entries- křoviska noun (a thicket or jungle)
- zakrslík noun (something small and mean)
- drhnout verb (to rub hard)
- vydrhnout verb (to rub hard)
Dutch
2 entries- schrobbeurt noun (instance of scrubbing)
- schrobben verb (to rub hard)
Esperanto
1 entries- vepro noun (a thicket or jungle)
Finnish
4 entries- jynssäys noun (instance of scrubbing)
- jynssääjä noun (one who scrubs)
- pensaikko noun (a thicket or jungle)
- pusikko noun (a thicket or jungle)
French
4 entries- broussaille noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- annuler verb (to call off a scheduled event; to cancel)
- frotter verb (to rub hard)
- récurer verb (to rub hard)
Galician
4 entries- adramal noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- andruvial noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- bramal noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- cira noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
German
4 entries- Buschwerk noun (a thicket or jungle)
- Gestrüpp noun (a thicket or jungle)
- Gestrüpp noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- scheuern verb (to rub hard)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઘાસવાનુ verb (to rub hard)
Hebrew
1 entries- קִרְצֵף verb (to rub hard)
Hungarian
2 entries- sikál verb (to rub hard)
- sikál verb (to rub anything hard)
Italian
4 entries- annullare verb (to call off a scheduled event; to cancel)
- disdire verb (to call off a scheduled event; to cancel)
- sfregare verb (to rub hard)
- strofinare verb (to rub hard)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- skoba verb (to rub hard)
Māori
4 entries- heuheu noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- mōheuheu noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- taekai noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- tahuere noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
Norman
1 entries- scrober verb (to rub hard)
Norwegian
1 entries- skrubbe verb (to rub hard)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjerr noun (a thicket or jungle)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بوك noun (a thicket or jungle)
- فرچهلامق verb (to rub hard)
Polish
3 entries- odwołać verb (to call off a scheduled event; to cancel)
- szorować verb (to rub hard)
- wyszorować verb (to rub hard)
Portuguese
3 entries- brenha noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- mato noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- esfregar verb (to rub hard)
Quechua
1 entries- khituy verb (to rub hard)
Russian
4 entries- замо́рыш noun (something small and mean)
- куста́рник noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- ничто́жество noun (one who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow)
- скраб noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
Spanish
4 entries- breña noun (vegetation of inferior quality)
- estregar verb (to rub hard)
- fregar verb (to rub hard)
- restregar verb (to rub hard)
Swedish
1 entries- skrubba verb (to rub hard)
Turkish
1 entries- ovmak verb (to rub hard)
Walloon
4 entries- cafroter verb (to rub hard)
- kifroyî verb (to rub hard)
- rischurer verb (to rub hard)
- schurer verb (to rub hard)
Yoruba
2 entries- fọ̀ verb (to rub hard)
- kín verb (to rub hard)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
As a punishment, the disgraced Greenpeace volunteer had to scrub oil from an otter's fur with his own toothbrush.
Source: tatoeba (697688)
Tom asked Mary to scrub the toilet.
Source: tatoeba (1095860)
Where did you scrub them?
Source: tatoeba (1885589)
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