Usually means: Cleaning thoroughly by scrubbing hard.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. scouring: Merriam-Webster
  2. scouring: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scouring: Vocabulary.com
  4. Scouring, scouring: Wordnik
  5. scouring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scouring: Wiktionary
  7. scouring: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. scouring: Dictionary.com
  9. scouring: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Scouring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Scouring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. scouring: Rhymezone
  13. Scouring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. scouring: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. Scouring: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. scouring: FreeDictionary.org
  17. scouring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. scouring: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scouring: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scouring: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scouring: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. scouring: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scouring: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scouring: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scouring)

▸ noun:  The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
▸ noun:  Diarrhea. (Now used only of livestock, though also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)
▸ noun:  Erosion by water, especially in watercourses.

Similar:
scrubbing, scouring powder, deckscrub, scouring pad, scrubbing brush, scrubdown, rasion, scrubber, scraping, scarification, more...

Opposite:
polishing, cleaning, cleansing

Types:
steel wool, sandpaper, brillo pad, steel brush, soap and water, more...

Phrases:
scouring powder, scouring pad, scouring pads, scouring rush, scouring powders, more...

Adjectives:
off, glacial, thorough, severe, good, local, constant, wool, tidal, little, much

Colors:
    rust,     copper,     bronze,     brass,     gold, more...

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Similar:
scrubbing, scouring powder, deckscrub, scouring pad, scrubbing brush, scrubdown, rasion, scrubber, scraping, scarification, more...

Opposite:
polishing, cleaning, cleansing

Types:
steel wool, sandpaper, brillo pad, steel brush, soap and water, more...

Phrases:
scouring powder, scouring pad, scouring pads, scouring rush, scouring powders, scouring rushes, scouring sluice, variegated scouring rush, scouring barrel, scouring cinder, scouring stock, scouring disease, more...

Adjectives:
off, glacial, thorough, severe, good, local, constant, wool, tidal, little, much

Colors:
    rust,     copper,     bronze,     brass,     gold, more...



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