scouring
noun
scour·ing ˈskau̇(-ə)r-iŋ 
1
: material removed by scouring or cleaning
2
: the lowest rank of society —usually used in plural
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Skura also offers heavy-duty scouring pads, reusable microfiber wipes, drying towels and cleaning sets. 
Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 This requires continual and diligent scouring of every Twitter account and Discord community. Abhinav Girdhar, Forbes, 18 July 2022 In a recent scouring of ’70s archives, Minneapolis’ WCCO television station unearthed a compelling video with an all-too-familiar face — an 11-year-old Prince vouching for higher pay for educators. Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 4 Apr. 2022 Air Force career took them — and decades of estate-sale scouring. Emma Alpern, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2021 Stainless-steel pans can stand up to a certain amount of scouring, but abrasive cleaning methods could damage your nonstick pans. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2021 When God finally gets tired of waiting it out and decides to end things, the back-and-forth between dragons and serpents and sea monsters and Jesus is less like a scouring of the stables than like a Giants-Patriots Super Bowl. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 Evidence on the ground, such as extensive tree damage and scouring of road surface and soil, are indicative of winds of that magnitude. Joe Siess, oregonlive, 28 July 2021 Let that sit for at least an hour, then scrub the solution with a heavy-duty scouring pad. Washington Post, 7 July 2021 See More
Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 This requires continual and diligent scouring of every Twitter account and Discord community. Abhinav Girdhar, Forbes, 18 July 2022 In a recent scouring of ’70s archives, Minneapolis’ WCCO television station unearthed a compelling video with an all-too-familiar face — an 11-year-old Prince vouching for higher pay for educators. Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 4 Apr. 2022 Air Force career took them — and decades of estate-sale scouring. Emma Alpern, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2021 Stainless-steel pans can stand up to a certain amount of scouring, but abrasive cleaning methods could damage your nonstick pans. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2021 When God finally gets tired of waiting it out and decides to end things, the back-and-forth between dragons and serpents and sea monsters and Jesus is less like a scouring of the stables than like a Giants-Patriots Super Bowl. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021 Evidence on the ground, such as extensive tree damage and scouring of road surface and soil, are indicative of winds of that magnitude. Joe Siess, oregonlive, 28 July 2021 Let that sit for at least an hour, then scrub the solution with a heavy-duty scouring pad. Washington Post, 7 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing scouring
scouring
verb
as in searching
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- searching
- combing
- scanning
- finding
- surveying
- rummaging
- exploring
- raking
- locating
- ransacking
- examining
- investigating
- trolling
- dredging
- inspecting
- rifling
- discovering
- reviewing
- scrutinizing
- detecting
- perusing
- ascertaining
- learning
- auditing
- digging (through)
- browsing
- probing
- determining
- hunting (through)
- frisking
- studying
- sorting (through)
- prospecting
- snooping
- descrying
- shaking down
- patting down
- finding out
- running down
- getting
- skirmishing
- looking over
- checking (out)
- hitting (on or upon)
- tracking (down)
- scaring up
- ferreting (out)
- poking (around)
- grubbing (about)
- glancing (over)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hiding
- ignoring
- losing
- abandoning
- neglecting