scour
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
Types & categories
- spot hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
examine minutely
The police scoured the country for the fugitive
Types & categories
- search hypernym
Related & opposite
- scouring derivation
Sense 3 verb
clean with hard rubbing
She scrubbed his back
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- scrubbing derivation
- scrub brush derivation
- scour derivation
- scourer derivation
- scrubber derivation
Sense 4 verb
rub hard or scrub
scour the counter tops
Types & categories
- rub hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
flush the wound with antibiotics
Types & categories
- rinse hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scour |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrub |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abrade |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scouring |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrubbing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrub brush |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scour |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scourer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrubber |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rub |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | holystone |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abrader |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scour |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abrasive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rub |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | purging |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scour |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | rinse |