Scrub: alternatives and connections

Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

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Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

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The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

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of Clean

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of Cleanse

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To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

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The goddess of flowers and spring.

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To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.

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To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of…

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To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

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A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

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To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

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A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

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of Mop

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of Swab

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Thick and spreading, like a bush.

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Thick and spreading, like a bush.

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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to…

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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to…

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One who, or that which, scours.

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One who, or that which, scours.

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of Scrub

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of Scrub

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A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document,…

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A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to…

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of Scour

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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of Scrub

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