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Scouring
- verb - clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
- examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
- moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the entire area revealed nothing"
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
- rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
Scouting
- verb - explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"
Scowling
- verb - frown with displeasure
- sullen or unfriendly in appearance
Scraping
- verb - (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis"
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"
- a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
- make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"
- scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
Screwing
- verb - cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
- slang for sexual intercourse
- tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on"
- turn like a screw
Scribing
- verb - score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
Scudding
- verb - run before a gale
- run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
- the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
Scuffing
- verb - get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed"
- mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes"
- poke at with the foot or toe
- walk without lifting the feet
Sculling
- verb - propel with sculls; "scull the boat"
- rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell
Scumming
- verb - remove the scum from