scrub Pronunciation: /skrʌb/Translate scrub | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of scrubA. n 1 (clean) to give sth a (good) scrub = (bien) nettoyer qch 2 [Bot] broussailles (fpl)B. vtr (p prés etc -bb-) frotter [back, clothes]; récurer [pan, floor]; nettoyer [vegetable] to scrub one's nails = se brosser les onglesPhrasal verbs scrub up [doctor] se stériliser les mainsscrub in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of scrub in the British & World English dictionary Definition of scrub in the US English dictionary