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Definitions of scrub
n. - Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush. See Brush, above. ²
n. - A low, straggling tree of inferior quality. ²
v. t. - To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate. ²
v. i. - To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living. ²
n. - One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. ²
n. - Something small and mean. ²
n. - A worn-out brush. ²
n. - A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. ²
n. - One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. ²
a. - Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. ²

The word "scrub" uses 5 letters: B C R S U.

Direct anagrams of scrub:
  curbs

Words formed by adding one letter before or after scrub (in bold), or to bcrsu in any order:
e -   cubers   m -   crumbs   s -   scrubs  

Shorter words found within scrub:
bur   burs   bus   crus   cub   cubs   cur   curb   curs   rub   rubs   sub   urb   urbs   us  

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