Definition for Scouring:

• See Purgation.

Synonyms for Scouring:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • scouring.
  •cleaning (noun)
  • disinfection,
  • Shampooing,
  • antisepsis,
  • Sweepings.
  •rub (noun)
  • strokings,
  • kneadings,
  • smoothings.
  •scouring (noun)
  • scrub,
  • scrubbing.

• v.

  •searching (verb)
  • probing,
  • rifling,
  • foraging,
  • looking for,
  • winnowing,
  • seeking,
  • Rummaging,
  • sifting,
  • combing,
  • searching,
  • peeking,
  • prying,
  • Peering.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • cleaning,
  • cleansing,
  • cleanup,
  • hunt,
  • hunting,
  • rub,
  • search,
  • brushings,
  • scrapings,
  • raspings,
  • scourings,
  • grindings.

Paraphrases for Scouring:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, plural
    scour.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    washouts.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    touring, Patrolling, degreasing, wandering, undermining, Roaming, Frequenting, stripping, deepening, widening, Pickling.

Scouring Sentence Examples:

• " Well, it's so," said Martha, scouring a coffee cup with an exaggerated flourish.

• In another instant he would have been killed or maimed for life, and Kelpie loose, and scouring the streets of Duff Harbour.

Homophones for Scouring:

• scrummage, Saccharum Munja, surmise, sorriness, sermonise, s wrench, scrimmage, scoring, shrink, screwing, Syringa Josikaea, screening, sermonize, scraunch, squareness, screaming, shrinkage, sour mash, screw wrench, scurrying, sureness, secureness, sarong, shrunk, serinus, scrawniness, sour orange, sayornis, scranch, shearing, saccharomyces, scaramouch, sharing, syringa, shrewmouse, scrunch, scrimshaw, swaggering, shirring, sure enough, sourness, souring, shoring, sereness, Syringa Josikea, syrinx, soaring, sour mash whiskey, sorrowing, scaramouche, soreness, schizosaccharomyces, sugariness, scrounge, syringe, square inch, squirming, swearing, serranus, skirmish, sure-enough.

Hyponym for Scouring:

• n.

  • act
    search, hunt, hunting.