“Barren trees, dry scrub, and leaf-scattered ground make up the rural landscape of Virginia in December.”
“And now they would send Hubert to college, that puny little scrub of a boy!”
“It had nothing to do with the unfamiliar bed, the sounds of the storm raging outside, or the fact that she was still wearing her scrub.”
scrub
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
(US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
“Don't let the accordion, fiddle and scrubboard fool you, Donna the Buffalo's danceable music with reggae and rock roots has a socially conscious message.”
scrubbing
An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.
