scrubbing

SaySKRUB-ing/ˈskɹʌbɪŋ/

Noun pluralscrubbings

3 meanings of scrubbing

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of scrub. Use it after is or was, or as a noun for the action.
Dad was scrubbing the pots after dinner.
Mission control is scrubbing today's launch because of the storm.
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
Cleaning something by rubbing it hard.
The kitchen floor needs a good scrubbing.
After an hour of scrubbing, the oven looked like new.
Similarscouring, cleaning
3
noununcountable
Taking unwanted substances out of a gas to make it clean.
The factory uses scrubbing to clean its waste gas before it goes up the chimney.
Scrubbing takes the sulfur out of the gas.

scrub, verb: To clean something by rubbing it hard, usually with a brush, soap and water. Full entry

Forms: scrubscrubs he/she/itscrubbing -ing formscrubbed past tense, past participle
Spelling: scrub → scrubbing: double the b, add -ing

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From scrub + -ing.