[{"word":"scrubbing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"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","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to scrub a floor"},{"definition":"To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be diligent and penurious","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to scrub hard for a living"},{"definition":"To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather."},{"definition":"To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system."},{"definition":"(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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.","synonyms":["seek"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["seek"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The removal of impurities from gas.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrub","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrubbing"]}]