scour

Noun

• a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Verb

• 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
    

• clean with hard rubbing
  • She scrubbed his back
    

• examine minutely
  • The police scoured the country for the fugitive
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  flush , purge , abrade , scrub