Word Finder - scrub

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One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

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One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.

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What a scrub! Instead of washing the dishes she put the used food on her face!

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A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant

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oak scrub

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(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.

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Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.

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One not on the first team of players; a substitute.

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Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

She tried to scrub it off with no success.

Might come off if you scrub hard enough.

Dense scrub covers most of the land, but the inner (lagoon) shore is everywhere bounded by mangrove swamps.

The low veld is everywhere covered with scrub, and water is scarce, the rivers being often dry in the winter season.

These are sparsely clothed with prostrate pitch pine, scrub oak and laurel.

Do not scrub or you will make more of a mess.

An old allotment site is now covered in regenerated scrub.

Willow or birch dominates scrub on wetter dune slack areas.

Spittle Mere also has a breeding colony of crested newts while the hawthorn scrub provides cover for nesting songbirds.

Over ST in fence at bottom of field, thru scrub, thru barrier then downhill along L edge of field.

An old toothbrush is the best thing to scrub the dirt off.

The group includes epidemic and endemic typhus fevers, tick-borne typhus, scrub typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

A number of rodents serve as reservoirs for human diseases, such as bubonic plague, tularemia, scrub typhus, and others.

In areas of dense scrub and bushes, the explosive songs of Cetti's Warblers may be heard almost year-round.

Haydon in 1844, making good the route from Port Phillip to Gipps' Land with loaded drays, through a dense tangled scrub, which had been described by Strzelecki as his worst obstacle.

The scrub of West and South Australia in its ecological aspect resembles so completely the other sclerophyllous formations that a description of it must seem a repetition.

In the regions bordering the coast also a good deal of the forest has disappeared, its place being taken (where the land is not actually cultivated) by very dense scrub.

Where dunes are fairly stable ranker grasses and scrub species might seed in, shading out some of the more interesting low-growing vegetation.

Honey Sesame Scrub (40 minutes) Honey and sesame mixture is applied through your whole body, refreshing and revitalizing skin.

To provide suitable conditions for the reserve 's specialist soldier flies encroaching scrub is periodically cut back from around wet flushes.

In the scrub in the northwest of Mill Hill there were two Speckled Wood Butterflies and a single Peacock Butterfly.

Scrub encroachment is the common result, sometimes together with invasive species problems.

Scrub clearance is also continuing apace on the upper end of the line.

Dune scrub A few shrubby species are capable of invading sand dunes to form scrub.

As always with skulking species, spring is probably the best time to locate them as they call loudly from the reeds and scrub.

The song thrush will be helped by the increase in scrub and hedgerow habitats.

What little rain does fall supports sparse, scrub vegetation.

The area was characterized by thickets of scrub and brambles, interspersed with open glades.

Scrub them in cold water, drain them, then slice across into thinnish slices.

Scrub also has a drying effect on the area due to transpiration of water through the leaves.

Peel or scrub a number (say 6) of waxy potatoes & slice them very thinly into rounds.

However, in recent years the area has become degraded as willow scrub has invaded large areas of the reserve.

In areas of dense scrub and bushes, the explosive songs of Cetti 's Warblers may be heard almost year-round.

If the toys are very dirty, you'll probably want to give them a good scrub.

First of all, you need to scrub wherever he's peed with a 50/50 solution of white vinegar and water to clean away any residual scent.

You sift with a scoop when you can get away with it, and when the job can't be put off any longer you dump the entire litter contents and give the box a good scrub.

When dealing with cat urine that is on a carpet or upholstery, make sure to blot the excess, do not scrub.

A once over with a damp sponge should do for touch-ups and a good cleaning should only involve a scrub down with mild detergent and water.

Every now and then give them a cleaning by removing them from the chair, brushing off any dirt, and giving them a light scrub with soap and water.

All they require is a quick scrub with soap and water to keep dirt and grime from settling in.

Put a large amount of dish detergent onto the steel wool and scrub away at the frame.

Every now and then remove the cushions from the furniture frames and lightly scrub them with soap and water.

You can wash it and even scrub it if necessary.

You might need to use a scrub brush to get rid of all the residue.

Exfoliate your entire body between three to twelve hours before applying the tan product - ideally with a moisturizing body scrub.

Do not rub or scrub the spot because it will smear it and make it more noticeable.

While you try to scrub pictures of Kevin and Britney's Chaotic out of your head, here's the low down.

If not, just give him or her a good scrub down, and be sure to really get in between the toes and legs.

Brambles are found throughout the British Isles and some of the species from America and its habitats are woods, scrub, hedgerows, heaths, waste ground, and banks.

Apply to grout, let it stand for about 10 minutes, and scrub with a stiff brush.