scour

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
• Hypernyms:
topographic point, place, spot

II - verb

1. examine minutely (Freq. 1)
- The police scoured the country for the fugitive
• Derivationally related forms:
scouring
• Hypernyms:
search, seek, look for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The men scour the area for animals
- The men scour for animals in the area
2. clean with hard rubbing (Freq. 1)
- She scrubbed his back
• Syn:
scrub
• Derivationally related forms:
scourer, scouring, scrub (for: scrub), scrubber (for: scrub), scrubbing (for: scrub)
• Hypernyms:
rub
• Hyponyms:
holystone
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- flush the wound with antibiotics
- purge the old gas tank
• Syn:
flush, purge
• Derivationally related forms:
purge (for: purge)
• Hypernyms:
rinse, rinse off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. rub hard or scrub
- scour the counter tops
• Syn:
abrade
• Derivationally related forms:
abrasive (for: abrade), abrader (for: abrade)
• Hypernyms:
rub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  flush, purge, abrade, scrub