Synonyms of the word

scouring

• n. The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
• n. (of livestock) Diarrhea.
• v. present participle of scour.

cleaning

• v. present participle of clean.
• n. (gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned.
• n. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

cleansing

• adj. That cleanses.
• n. The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
• v. present participle of cleanse.

cleanup

• n. The act of cleaning or tidying something.
• adv. (baseball) Fourth in the batting order.

hunt

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
• v. (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
• v. (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
• v. (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
• v. (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
• v. (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
• v. (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor…
• n. The act of hunting.
• n. A hunting expedition.
• n. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the…

hunting

• n. Chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food.
• n. Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
• n. (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
• v. present participle of hunt.

scrub

• adj. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
• n. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
• n. One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
• n. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
• n. (US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed,…
• n. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand;…
• n. One not on the first team of players, a substitute.
• v. (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse…
• v. (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious.
• v. (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
• v. (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with…
• v. (audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound,…
• v. (audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based…
• n. An instance of scrubbing.
• n. A cancellation.
• n. A worn-out brush.
• n. One who scrubs.
• n. (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
• n. (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
• n. An exfoliant for the body.

scrubbing

• v. present participle of scrub.
• n. An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.

search

• n. An attempt to find something.
• n. The act of searching in general.
• v. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
• v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.