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scour ¹  (skour)

v. scoured, scour·ing, scours

v.tr.

1.

a. To clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously: scour a dirty oven.

b. To remove by scrubbing: scour grease from a pan.

2. To remove dirt or grease from (cloth or fibers) by means of a detergent.

3. To clean (wheat) before the milling process.

4. To clear (an area) by freeing of weeds or other vegetation.

5. To clear (a channel or pipe) by flushing.

v.intr.

1. To scrub something in order to clean or polish it.

2. To have diarrhea. Used of livestock.

n.

1. A scouring action or effect.

2. A place that has been scoured, as by flushing with water.

3. A cleansing agent for wool.

4. scours (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Diarrhea in livestock.

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[Middle English scouren, from Middle Dutch scren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excrre, to clean out : Latin ex-, ex-, Late Latin crre, to clean (from Latin, to take care of, from cra, care; see cure).]

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scourer n.

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scour ²  (skour)

v. scoured, scour·ing, scours

v.tr.

1. To search through or over thoroughly: The detective scoured the scene of the crime for clues.

2. To range over (an area) quickly and energetically.

v.intr.

1. To range over or about an area, especially in a search.

2. To move swiftly; scurry.

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[Middle English scouren, to move swiftly, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skr, shower.]

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scourer n.

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scour¹

vb

1. to clean or polish (a surface) by washing and rubbing, as with an abrasive cloth

2. to remove dirt from or have the dirt removed from

3. (tr) to clear (a channel) by the force of water; flush

4. (tr) to remove by or as if by rubbing

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (intr) (of livestock, esp cattle) to have diarrhoea

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (tr) to cause (livestock) to purge their bowels

7. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (tr) to wash (wool) to remove wax, suint, and other impurities

n

1. the act of scouring

2. the place scoured, esp by running water

3. something that scours, such as a cleansing agent

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (often plural) prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle

[via Middle Low German schūren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excūrāre to cleanse, from cūrāre; see cure]

scourer  n

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scour²

vb

1. to range over (territory), as in making a search

2. to move swiftly or energetically over (territory)

[from Old Norse skūr]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scour - a place that is scoured (especially by running water) place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
Verb	1.	scour - examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive" look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
	2.	scour - clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back" scrub rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" holystone - scrub with a holystone; "holystone the ship's deck"
	3.	scour - rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" abrade rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
	4.	scour - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" flush, purge rinse, rinse off - wash off soap or remaining dirt

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scour¹

verb scrub, clean, polish, rub, cleanse, buff, burnish, whiten, furbish, abrade He decided to scour the sink.

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scour²

verb search, hunt, comb, ransack, forage, look high and low, go over with a fine-tooth comb We scoured the telephone directory for clues.

Translations

scour [ˈskaʊəʳ]

A. VT

1. [+ pan, floor] → fregar, restregar(esp LAm); [+ channel] → limpiar

2. (= search) → registrar
we scoured the countryside for him → hicimos una batida por el campo buscándole

B. VI to scour about for sth → buscar algo por todas partes

scour out VT + ADV [+ pan etc] → fregar, restregar(esp LAm); [+ channel] → limpiar
the river had scoured out part of the bank → el río se había llevado una parte de la orilla

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scour [ˈskaʊə^r] vt

(= scrub) [+ pan, sink] → récurer; [+ floor, table] → frotter

(= search) [+ countryside, area, town] → passer au peigne fin; [+ shops] → écumer; [+ records, newspapers] → examiner
He scoured the advertisements for teaching posts → Il a écumé les annonces à la recherche de postes d'enseignant.
Officers have scoured the city for the missing man → Les agents ont passé la ville au peigne fin pour retrouver l'homme disparu.
Traders were scouring the villages for family treasures → Les négociants écumaient les villages à la recherche de trésors de famille.

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scour¹

vt → scheuern

n → Scheuern nt; give the pan a good scour → scheuern Sie den Topf gründlich

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scour²

vt area, town, shops → absuchen, abkämmen (for nach); newspaper → durchkämmen (for nach)

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scour [ˈskaʊəʳ] vt

a. (clean, pan, floor) → sfregare

b. (search, area, countryside) → setacciare, perlustrare, battere palmo a palmo

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scour¹

v scour [ˈskauə]

to clean by hard rubbing. skuur يُنَظِّف بالحَك، يَصْقُل إناء بالمِمْسَحَه търкам (vy)cídit skure scheuern καθαρίζω τρίβοντας fregar, restregar puhtaks nühkima ساييدن؛برق انداختن hangata puhtaaksi récurer לְקַרצֵף मांजना, चमकाना, साफ करना ispiranje, ribanje sikál menggosok skúra, skrúbba, þvo með nuddi sfregare, strofinare みがく 문질러 없애다 šveisti tīrīt; berzt menyental schuren skure, skrubbe wyszorować esfregar a freca чистить (vy)čistiť, (vy)leštiť zdrgniti ribati skura, skrubba ขัดถูให้สะอาด ovarak temizlemek 刷淨，擦亮(淨) чистити مانجھنا، صاف کرنا cọ chùi 擦亮

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scour²

v scour [ˈskauə]

to make a thorough search of They scoured the woods for the child. deursoek يُنَقِّبُ عَن، يُفَتِّشُ عَن претърсвам prohledat gennemsøge absuchen ψάχνω εξονυχιστικά recorrer, registrar läbi kammima همه جا را دنبال كسي يا چيزي گشتن koluta fouiller לִסרוֹק घूमना, भ्रमण करना pretražiti (összevissza) kutat merambah grannskoða perlustrare 探しまわる 찾아 헤매다 apieškoti, išnaršyti pārmeklēt; izķemmēt menggeledah afzoeken gjennomsøke przeszukiwać fazer uma busca a cu­tre­iera прочёсывать, искать prehľadať preiskati pretražiti söka igenom ค้นหาสิ่งของหรือคนบริเวณนั้นให้ละเอียด iyice aramak, didik didik etmek 徹底搜索 нишпорити, шастати چھان مارنا lùng sục 遍地搜索