Past tense of scrub
regular verb
The past tense of scrub is scrubbed. The past participle is also scrubbed.
Forms of scrub
| Base form (V1) | scrub /skɹʌb/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scrubbed |
| Past participle (V3) | scrubbed |
| Present participle | scrubbing |
| Third person singular | scrubs |
Scrubbed in a sentence
- We scrubbed the low performers from the team.
- The project has been scrubbed in the latest budget.
- She lazily scrubbed the pot, but without some real elbow grease it wasn't going to get clean.From the entry lazily
- He looked better than usual, reasonably scrubbed, but he still needed a better wardrobe.From the entry scrubbed
- I got the counter scrubbed up before moving on to the floors.From the entry scrub up
Meaning of scrub
- adjective Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
- noun A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- noun Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
Questions about the past tense of scrub
- What is the past tense of scrub?
- The past tense of scrub is scrubbed.
- What is the past participle of scrub?
- The past participle of scrub is scrubbed.
- Is scrub a regular or irregular verb?
- Scrub is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scrub (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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