vverb.contactexamine minutelyExamples:- The police scoured the country for the fugitive
Derivationally Related Form:scouring
Hypernyms:look for search seek
Inherited Hypernyms:scoursearch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The men --- for animals in the area (apply to: scour) | The men --- the area for animals (apply to: scour)
vverb.contactclean with hard rubbingSynset:scour scrub
Derivationally Related Form:scourerscrubbingscourscrubberscrubscouring
Hypernyms:rub
Inherited Hypernyms:scrubrubguide
Direct Hyponyms:holystone
Full Troponyms:holystone
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: scrub)
vverb.contactrub hard or scrubSynset:abrade scour
Derivationally Related Form:abrasivescourabrader
Hypernyms:rub
Inherited Hypernyms:scourrubguide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changerinse, clean, or empty with a liquidSynset:flush purge scour
Examples:- flush the wound with antibiotics
- purge the old gas tank
Derivationally Related Form:scourpurge
Hypernyms:rinse rinse off
Inherited Hypernyms:flushrinsewashcleanchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
adj satadj.allworn away as by water or ice or windSynset:eroded
Antonyms:new
Inherited Hypernyms:eroded
Similar to:worn