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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 ¹

Verb

1. to clean or polish (a surface) by rubbing with something rough

2. to clear (a channel) by the force of water

Noun

the act of scouring [Old French escurer]

scourer n

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scour ²

Verb

1. to search thoroughly and energetically: he had scoured auction salerooms

2. to move quickly over (land) in search or pursuit [probably from Old Norse skūr shower]

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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scour ¹

verb scrub, clean, polish, rub, cleanse, buff, burnish, whiten, furbish, abrade

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scour ²

verb search, hunt, comb, ransack, forage, look high and low, go over with a fine-tooth comb

Translations

scour [ˈskauəʳ] vt (= clean) → fregar, estregar (= search); recorrer, registrar

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scour [ˈskauəʳ] vt (= clean) → récurer; frotter; décaper (= search); battre, parcourir

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scour [ˈskauəʳ] vt (search) → absuchen;

(clean) → scheuern

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scour [ˈskauəʳ] vt (= clean) → pulire strofinando; raschiare via; ripulire (= search); battere, perlustrare