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Meanings of scouring (scourings) in inglés
catalán
fregada 
Abrasive cleaning process, uses e.g. scouring pad for washing pans.
Process of washing raw wool fiber to remove impurities and a portion of grease or lanolin before spinning.
Synonyms
Examples for "scrub"
Examples for "scrub"
1
Yet the deathly stillness in the scrub oaks around the house continued.
2
The composition of the scrub depended on the nature of the soil.
3
After the first mile the scrub became much thinner; ground slightly undulating.
4
Background: Before 1986, scrub typhus was only found endemic in southern China.
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For seven miles the scrub is open, and the land beautifully grassed.
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After a few minutes of us scrubbing, someone said, You need water.
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After an hour or two of scrubbing you'll be good as new.
3
Do we compromise our skin's health by constantly scrubbing off the mortar?
4
The wild thatch of his scrubbing-brush hair shone purple in the light.
5
The quick, regular strokes of the scrubbing brush swished through the hall.
Usage of scourings in inglés
1
Near the bridge, on the rocks is plain evidence of glacial scourings.
2
Many people consider that scourings supplementary to these are only due to habit.
3
And out of the scourings of that vast mass of chalk was our gravel-pit made.
4
My clinic recommends weekly scourings with a nonabrasive cleaner.
5
They were generally commanded by ruffians, and manned with desperadoes of all nations-thescourings of the French galleys.
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Therefore it is best only to let the public mind have the scourings, as it were, of one's existence.
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The people for the most part were half drunk-theywere the scourings from the low taverns in the Southwark Mint.
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She carefully measured out half a pint of the unsavory fluid-thedregs of the casks and the scourings of the ledge.
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So when the cream is off, the rest of the clergy are plainly but skim milk, the scourings of the seminaries.
10
Most of the gilding was worn off by the frequent scourings which it had undergone, beneath the hands of a black slave.
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Scores of other rivulets on either side were pouring their off-scourings into the vexed river, each precisely as gracefully described in the lines:
12
Undeterred, they pivoted and began scouring the area for a new objective.
13
Just think, I've been scouring the bells ever since early this morning.
14
Explorers have spent days scouring the mountain top for possible alternative openings.
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Police are scouring east end Montreal, questioning everyone who knew the victim.
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Other companies are now surely scouring their proxy statements for similar transgressions.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Scourings through the time