different between scrub vs mallee
scrub
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: skr?b, IPA(key): /sk??b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
Variant of shrub, possibly under Norse influence.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
scrub (comparative more scrub, superlative most scrub)
- Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
- 1743, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
- How solitary, how scrub, does this town look!
- 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn
- No little scrub joint shall come on my board.
- 1743, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
Noun
scrub (plural scrubs)
- One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
- A sorry scrub, said Mr. High-mind.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield
- We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us.
- 1999, TLC (band), "No Scrubs" (song)
- A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly
And is also known as a buster
Always talkin' about what he wants
And just sits on his broke ass […]
- A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly
- 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
- One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
- (US, 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.
- Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
Derived terms
Translations
Derived terms
- scrub bird
- scrub oak
- scrub robin
Etymology 2
From Middle English scrobben (“groom a horse with a currycomb”); from Middle Dutch schrobben (“clean by scrubbing”).
Verb
scrub (third-person singular simple present scrubs, present participle scrubbing, simple past and past participle scrubbed)
- (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
- (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- Synonym: seek
Derived terms
- scrub off
- scrub out
- scrub up
Translations
Noun
scrub (plural scrubs)
- An instance of scrubbing.
- A cancellation.
- 1988, AIAA 26th Aerospace Sciences Meeting: January 11-14
- Unacceptable winds aloft caused four scrubs and one hold; adverse weather caused a scrub; […]
- 1988, AIAA 26th Aerospace Sciences Meeting: January 11-14
- A worn-out brush.
- One who scrubs.
- (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
- A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
- An exfoliant for the body.
Synonyms
- (clothing worn during surgery): surgical gown
Translations
Anagrams
- curbs
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mallee
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mali/
- (Australian, General American) IPA(key): /?mæli/
- Hyphenation: mal?lee
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Wemba-Wemba mali; compare Woiwurrung mali.
Noun
mallee (plural mallees)
- (Australia) A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia. [from 19th c.]
- (Australia) Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation. [from 19th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, chapter 4, in Illywhacker, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, ?ISBN; republished Faber and Faber, 2003, ?ISBN, page 365:
- It made no difference that he had also invented several ploughs and a device for grubbing Mallee country or that people had journeyed all the way from Melbourne to inspect them.
- 1985, Peter Carey, chapter 4, in Illywhacker, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, ?ISBN; republished Faber and Faber, 2003, ?ISBN, page 365:
- (Australia) Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis. [from 19th c.]
- (botany, Australia) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
- 1978 June, Eliseo O. Mariani; Warren A. Wood; Paul C. Kouchoukos; Mary Beth Minton; Marelco, Inc., “Introduction” and “The Eucalypts”, in The Eucalyptus Energy Farm: Feasibility Study and Demonstration: Phase 1: Site and Species Selection (HCP/T2557-01), Washington, D.C.: Division of Solar Technology, Office of Energy Technology, United States Department of Energy, OCLC 4093594:
- [page 1-4, section 1.3] Of the many variations in form of the Eucalyptus (shrubs, mallees, trees, etc.), virtually all species being tested in the above category are those which exhibit good tree form (e.g., height, straightness of trunk, etc.).
- [page 2-1, section 2.2] Shrubby eucalypts are usually referred to as "mallees" although the term strictly applies to those species which have many stems growing from an enlarged rootstock (lignotuber).
- 1978 June, Eliseo O. Mariani; Warren A. Wood; Paul C. Kouchoukos; Mary Beth Minton; Marelco, Inc., “Introduction” and “The Eucalypts”, in The Eucalyptus Energy Farm: Feasibility Study and Demonstration: Phase 1: Site and Species Selection (HCP/T2557-01), Washington, D.C.: Division of Solar Technology, Office of Energy Technology, United States Department of Energy, OCLC 4093594:
Derived terms
- mallee bird, mallee fowl, malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
- mallee ringneck (Australian ringneck; Barnardius zonarius)
- mallee roller
- mallee soil
Etymology 2
See mali.
Noun
mallee (plural mallees)
- (India, South Asia) Alternative spelling of mali (“a native gardener”).
Further reading
- mallee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mallee (habit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Noun
mallee
- vocative singular of malleus
mallee From the web:
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- what does mallee mean
- what is mallee root
- what is mallee scrub
- what is mallee country
- what do mallee fowl eat
- what is mallee wood
- what is mallee burl
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