bescrub
bescrub verb: to scrub around or about; scrub completely or all over.
Verb
bescrub (third-person singular simple present bescrubs, present participle bescrubbing, simple past and past participle bescrubbed)
- To scrub around or about; scrub completely or all over.
- To Renegados foul, who thus distort "Whate'er is lovely and of good report, Dashing loud libels at a College head, Filling the Cranium with suspicious dread, That whole of merits, Learning's highest claims, Soar not above the Groom's bescrubbing aims.1812, Edward Michael Ward, Oxoniana
- During the intermission an engaging nursery infant, bescrubbed and becurled, clad in "rompers" and wearing a wondering expression, had been steered gently about among the audience, holding out a porringer, into which contributions were liberally poured.1918, Mary Aldis, Drift - Page 287
Forms of bescrub
| third-person singular present | bescrubs |
|---|---|
| present participle | bescrubbing |
| past participle | bescrubbed |
| past | bescrubbed |
Origin of bescrub
From be- (“about, completely, all over”) + scrub.
Questions about bescrub
- What does bescrub mean?
- Bescrub means to scrub around or about; scrub completely or all over.
- What part of speech is bescrub?
- Bescrub is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bescrub?
- The past tense of bescrub is bescrubbed.
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