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scourer |
scourge |
scourge of god |
scourge of the gods |
scourger |
scouring
| scouring pad
| scouring rush
| scours
| scourse
| scouse
scouring
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scouring has 2 senses
- scouring(n = noun.act) Array - moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the entire area revealed nothing" is a kind of hunt, hunting, search
- scouring(n = noun.act) scrub, scrubbing - the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water; Array is a kind of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Derived form verb scour1
has particulars: mopping, swabbing
Derived form verb scour2
THESAURUS
scouring
ablation, ablution, abrasion, abrasive, afterglow, afterimage, attrition, balance, bones, buffing, burnishing, butt, butt end, candle ends, chafe, chaff, chafing, cleaning out, culm, deadwood, debris, detrition, detritus, dishwater, douche, douching, draff, dregs, dressing, dust, elution, elutriation, end, enema, erasure, erosion, fag end, filing, filings, flush, flushing, flushing out, fossil, fretting, galling, garbage, gash, grazing, grinding, hogwash, holdover, husks, irrigation, lathering, lavabo, lavage, lavation, laving, leavings, lees, leftovers, limation, mopping, mopping up, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, polishing, potsherds, rags, rasping, raspings, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rinse, rinsing, roach, rubbing away, rubbish, ruins, rump, sandblasting, sanding, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scrape, scraping, scraps, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scrubbing up, scuff, scum, shadow, shampoo, shards, shavings, shining, slack, slag, slop, slops, smoothing, soaping, sponge, sponging, straw, stubble, stump, survival, swabbing, sweepings, swill, tares, trace, vestige, wash, washing, washing up, washout, washup, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, wear, wearing away, weeds, wiping up
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