| NOUN | act | scouring | moving over territory to search / search for something |
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| act | scouring, scrub, scrubbing | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water |
| Sounds | skaw'erihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Moving over territory to search / search for something. | |
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| Example | "scouring the entire area revealed nothing" | |
| Broader | search, hunt, hunting | The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| Verbs | scour | examine minutely |
| Meaning | The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water. | |
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| Synonyms | scrub, scrubbing | |
| Narrower | swabbing, mopping | cleaning with a mop |
| Broader | cleaning, cleansing, cleanup | The act of making something clean |
| Spanish | fregado | |
| Catalan | fregada | |
| Verbs | scour | clean with hard rubbing |
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