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How to pronounce scouring in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms scrub, scrubbing
Type of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Has types mopping, swabbing
Derivation scour
Type Words
Type of hunt, hunting, search
Derivation scour


scouring the entire area revealed nothing.

Examples of scouring

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Using a vegetable brush or nylon scouring pad, scrub the lemons under hot water.
From the sacbee.com
Say so long to scouring those stubborn stains off your ovenproof glass cookware.
From the stltoday.com
Emergency crews began scouring the beaches for oil and shoring up miles of boom.
From the timesunion.com
It recently added programs for scouring corporate networks for digital evidence.
From the sfgate.com
Companies are scouring the globe for new technologies and advantageous locations.
From the businessweek.com
Despite much scouring of historical records, the ship's identity remains unknown.
From the independent.co.uk
Then, he gave his left brain some exercise scouring commercial lending documents.
From the ocregister.com
The six-member team is reviewing the agency's policies and scouring its budget.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Shirley Keck has been scouring salvage yards for parts for her 1986 Oldsmobile.
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More examples
  • A place that is scoured (especially by running water)
  • Examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
  • Scrub: clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
  • Rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
  • Flush: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
  • (scoured) eroded: worn away as by water or ice or wind
  • Scour Inc. was a multimedia search engine on the internet, and provided Scour Exchange, an early peer-to-peer file exchange service. ...
  • Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose or liquid bowel movements each day. It often lasts for a few days and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss. Signs of dehydration often begin with loss of the normal stretchiness of the skin and irritable behaviour...
  • To clean, polish, or wash something by scrubbing it vigorously; To search an area thoroughly; Of livestock, to suffer from diarrhea; To move swiftly