scour, v.
(scoured, scouring, scours)
freq. cnt. 2
(scoured, scouring, scours)
freq. cnt. 2
clean with hard rubbing
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
scour scrub
sample sentences
"She scrubbed his back"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
The chefs %s the vegetables
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
examine minutely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
scour
sample sentences
"The police scoured the country for the fugitive"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThe men %s the area for animals
The men %s for animals in the area
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
<verb.change>
flush purge scour
sample sentences
"flush the wound with antibiotics""purge the old gas tank"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
rub hard or scrub
<verb.contact>
abrade scour
sample sentences
"scour the counter tops"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym