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SCOURING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("scouring" is a kind of...):
cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scouring"):
mopping; swabbing (cleaning with a mop)
Derivation:
scour (clean with hard rubbing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Moving over territory to search for something
Example:
scouring the entire area revealed nothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("scouring" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
Derivation:
scour (examine minutely)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb scour