What is "scour" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does scour mean in English? Meaning of scour definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "scour" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "scour": a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Noun

  • Meaning: a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
  • Synonyms: scour
  • Hypernyms: place spot topographic point
  • Meaning of "scour": examine minutely

    Verb

  • Meaning: examine minutely
  • Example: The police scoured the country for the fugitive
  • Synonyms: scour
  • Hypernyms: look for search seek
  • Meaning of "scour": clean with hard rubbing

    Verb

  • Meaning: clean with hard rubbing
  • Example: She scrubbed his back
  • Synonyms: scour scrub
  • Hyponyms: holystone
  • Hypernyms: rub
  • Meaning of "scour": rub hard or scrub

    Verb

  • Meaning: rub hard or scrub
  • Example: scour the counter tops
  • Synonyms: abrade scour
  • Hypernyms: rub
  • Meaning of "scour": rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

    Verb

  • Meaning: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
  • Example: flush the wound with antibiotics purge the old gas tank
  • Synonyms: flush purge scour
  • Hypernyms: rinse rinse off
  • Synonyms:

    scrub, rub, furbish, mop, purge, wash, burnish, whiten, abrade, flush, buff, cleanse, brush, pumice, sand, rummage, comb, ransack, rake, forage, grub, beat, rout, hunt, inquire, seek, find, ferret out, go over with a fine-tooth comb, leave no stone unturned, look for, look high and low, look up and down, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down,

    Antonyms:

    dirty, rust, ignore, overlook, dirty, rust, ignore, lose, neglect, answer, overlook,

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    scour in English: scour
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