scrub

1. To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, sponge or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening. (transitive) · to scrub a floor with a cleanser· to scrub your fingernails
2. To rub anything vigorously, especially with a wet brush; to scour. (intransitive, transitive) · She has been scrubbing for an hour, but the stain won't come out.
3. Synonym of scrub in (“To thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery”). (intransitive, transitive) · The surgeon readied himself, dressing, scrubbing and checking his notes for the next patient.
4. To be diligent and penurious. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) · I've had to scrub hard for a living
5. To eliminate or remove (something); to render (something) unretrievable. (transitive) · I will scrub the inefficiencies out of the system.· We scrubbed the low performers from the team.
6. To call off (a scheduled event); to cancel (something). (transitive) · Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather.· The project has been scrubbed in the latest budget.
7. To check data in invoices and other records in order to find, fix, document or otherwise handle anomalies, errors or omissions. (transitive) · Scrub the billing files.
8. To study in great detail a contract or other agreement in order to identify and remove risks, liability or other issues. (transitive)

He/she/it scrubs · Past scrubbed · Past participle scrubbed · -ing form scrubbing