Synonyms:
scrub, scrubbing, scouring
Meaning: the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
Usage examples
And the Doctor was told that in the morning he must begin scrubbing the kitchen-floor.
These "eliminators" consisted of two men with cans of turpentine and gasoline and an equipment of scrubbing brushes.
There was a big fireplace that was bricked on the bottom, and the bricks was kept clean and red by pouring water on them and scrubbing them with another brick; sometimes they wash them over with red water-paint that they call Spanish-brown, same as they do in town.
When evening came the letters had almost disappeared when viewed closely; but when Kenneth rode to the mouth of the glen on his way home and paused to look back, he could see the injunction "Take Smith's Liver Pills" staring at him, in grim defiance of the scrubbing brushes.