scour

/skˈaʊɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. examine minutely
   “The police scoured the country for the fugitive”
2. clean with hard rubbing
   “She scrubbed his back”
3. rub hard or scrub
   “scour the counter tops”
4. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
   “flush the wound with antibiotics”

noun

1. a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Synonyms for scour

• scrub
• abrade
• flush
• purge

Words that rhyme with scour

• power
• shower
• sour
• devour
• flower
• hour
• tower
• coneflower
• dour
• flour
• glower
• wallflower
• bower
• cauliflower
• cornflower
• cower
• empower
• mayflower
• overpower
• bellflower
• brainpower
• firepower
• horsepower
• manpower
• safflower
• sunflower
• superpower
• wildflower
• willpower
• airpower