Definitions
1.verbTo 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"to scrub a floor"
2.verbTo rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
3.verbTo be diligent and penurious"to scrub hard for a living"
4.verbTo call off a scheduled event; to cancel."Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather."
5.verbTo eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets"The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system."
6.verb(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
7.verb(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
8.nounAn act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.
9.nounThe removal of impurities from gas.