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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:

scouring; scrub; scrubbing

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

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