| VERB | contact | scour | examine minutely |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | scour, scrub | clean with hard rubbing | |
| contact | scour, abrade | rub hard or scrub | |
| change | scour, flush, purge | rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid / liquid | |
| NOUN | location | scour | a place that is scoured (especially by running water) |
| Sounds | skaw'er; skaw'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bellflower ... willpower: 32 rhymes with awer... | |
| Adenauer ... sour: 9 rhymes with awr... | ||
| Meaning | A place that is scoured (especially by running water). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | topographic point, place, spot | A point located with respect to surface features of some region |
| Catalan | soscavació | |
| Verbs | scour | rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid / liquid |
| scour | rub hard or scrub | |
| scour | clean with hard rubbing | |
| Meaning | Examine minutely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The men scour the area for animals; The men scour for animals in the area | |
| Example | "The police scoured the country for the fugitive" | |
| Broader | search, seek, look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
| Spanish | recorrer | |
| Nouns | scouring | moving over territory to search / search for something |
| Meaning | clean with hard rubbing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | scrub | |
| Narrower | holystone | scrub with a holystone |
| Broader | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Spanish | estregar, fregar, restregar | |
| Catalan | refregar | |
| Nouns | scour | a place that is scoured (especially by running water) |
| scourer | someone who cleanses by scouring | |
| scouring | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | |
| Meaning | rub hard or scrub. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "scour the counter tops" | |
| Synonym | abrade | |
| Broader | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Spanish | desgastar, fregar | |
| Catalan | fregar | |
| Nouns | scour | a place that is scoured (especially by running water) |
| Meaning | rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid / liquid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | flush, purge | |
| Broader | rinse, rinse off | wash off soap or remaining dirt |
| Catalan | netejar | |
| Nouns | scour | a place that is scoured (especially by running water) |
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