Starts tearing apart scrubber kept for chores (4)
I believe the answer is:
task
'chores' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.
'starts tearing apart scrubber kept' is the wordplay.
'starts' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'tearing apart scrubber kept' is 'TASK'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for task that I've seen before include "Sort of force" , "something to do" , "Difficult piece of work" , "Set piece of work" , "Job to be done" .)