| Main Entry: | scour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, polish thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | abrade, brush, buff, burnish, cleanse, flush, furbish, mop, pumice, purge, rub, sand, scrub, wash, whiten |
| Antonyms: | dirty, rust |
| Main Entry: | scour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | beat, comb, ferret out, find, forage, go over with a fine-tooth comb, grub, hunt, inquire, leave no stone unturned, look for, look high and low, look up and down, rake, ransack, rout, rummage, seek, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down |
| Antonyms: | ignore, overlook |
| Main Entry: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
| Synonyms: | bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
| Antonyms: | dirty |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, eat away |
| Synonyms: | burn, consume, decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve, eat into, engrave, erode, etch, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, sear, slash, smart, sting, tingle, wear away |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish to a shine |
| Synonyms: | brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
| Synonyms: | absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
| Antonyms: | adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | cleanse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty; wash |
| Synonyms: | absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, soil, spot |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search by ransacking |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat the bushes, examine, finecomb, forage, go through with fine-tooth comb, grub, hunt, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, probe, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, screen, scrutinize, search high heaven, sift, sweep, turn inside out, turn upside down |
| Main Entry: | corrode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wear away; eat away |
| Synonyms: | bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste |
| Antonyms: | aid, build, fortify, help |
| Main Entry: | erode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate; wear away |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, grind down, scour, spoil, waste, wear down |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, rebuild |