scour

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 scūren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excūrāre, to clean out : Latin ex-, ex-, Late Latin cūrāre, to clean (from Latin, to take care of, from cūra, care; see cure).]

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scour′er 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 skūr, shower.]

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scour′er n.

scour

(skaʊə)

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. (Veterinary Science) (intr) (of livestock, esp cattle) to have diarrhoea

6. (Veterinary Science) (tr) to cause (livestock) to purge their bowels

7. (Textiles) (tr) to wash (wool) to remove wax, suint, and other impurities

n

8. the act of scouring

9. the place scoured, esp by running water

10. something that scours, such as a cleansing agent

11. (Veterinary Science) (often plural) prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle

[C13: via Middle Low German schūren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excūrāre to cleanse, from cūrāre; see cure]

ˈscourer n

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scour

(skaʊə)

vb

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

2. to move swiftly or energetically over (territory)

[C14: from Old Norse skūr]

scour¹

(skaʊ^ər, ˈskaʊ ər)

v.

1. to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with an abrasive material.

2. to remove (dirt, grease, etc.) from something by hard rubbing.

3. to clear or dig out (a channel, drain, etc.), as by the force of water.

4. to purge thoroughly, as an animal.

5. to clear or rid of what is undesirable.

6. to remove by or as if by cleansing; get rid of.

7. to clean or rid of debris, impurities, etc., by or as if by washing, as cotton or wool.

v.i.

8. to cleanse or polish a surface by hard rubbing.

9. to become clean and shiny when scoured.

n.

10. the act of scouring.

11. the place scoured.

12. an implement or preparation used in scouring.

13. the erosive force of moving water.

14. Usu., scours. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) diarrhea in horses and cattle caused by intestinal infection.

[1250–1300; Middle English (v.) < Middle Dutch scūren < Old French escurer < Latin excūrāre to take care of (Medieval Latin escūrāre to clean)]

scour′er, n.

scour²

(skaʊ^ər, ˈskaʊ ər)

v.

1. to range over, as in search: to scour the countryside for a lost child.

2. to run or pass quickly over or along.

v.i.

3. to range about, as in search of something.

4. to move rapidly or energetically.

[1250–1300; Middle English, appar. v. derivative of scour, in phrase god scour quickly]

scour′er, n.

scour

Past participle: scoured
Gerund: scouring

Imperative

scour

scour

Scour

When the soil being plowed does not stick to the plow shovel or moldboard, but rather slides off smoothly.

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

scour

¹

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

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scour

²

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

scour ¹

verb

1. To rub hard in order to clean:

scrub.

2. To remove (an outer layer or adherent matter) by rubbing a surface with considerable pressure:

scrape, scrub.

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scour ²

verb

1. To make a thorough search of:

comb, forage, ransack, rummage.

Slang: shake down.

Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, look up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down.

2. To move swiftly:

bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.

Informal: hotfoot, rip.

Slang: barrel, highball.

Chiefly British: nip.

Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

Translations

يُنَقِّبُ عَن، يُفَتِّشُ عَن

cíditprohledat

gennemsøgeskure

absuchenscheuern

confricar

battrefouillerrécurer

grannskoîaskúra, skrúbba, òvo meî nuddi

strofinarecorrere velocementedetersivodiarreapulizia

berztizķemmētpārmeklēttīrīt

skrubbeskure

didik didik etmekiyice aramakovarak temizlemek

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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

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.

scour

¹

vt → scheuern

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

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scour

²

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

scour

[ˈskaʊəʳ] vt

a. (clean, pan, floor) → sfregare

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

scour¹

(ˈskauə) verb

to clean by hard rubbing. skuur يُنَظِّف بالحَك، يَصْقُل إناء بالمِمْسَحَه търкам esfregar (vy)cídit scheuern skure καθαρίζω τρίβοντας fregar, restregar puhtaks nühkima ساييدن؛برق انداختن kuurata 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 schurenskure, skrubbewyszorować ژرژر ګرځېدل، په وارخطايۍ وركه لټول، اله پته ګرځېدل 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 擦净，擦亮

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scour²

(ˈskauə) verb

to make a thorough search of. They scoured the woods for the child. deursoek يُنَقِّبُ عَن، يُفَتِّشُ عَن претърсвам fazer uma busca prohledat absuchen gennemsøge ψάχνω εξονυχιστικά recorrer, registrar läbi kammima همه جا را دنبال كسي يا چيزي گشتن etsiä perusteellisesti fouiller לִסרוֹק घूमना, भ्रमण करना pretražiti (összevissza) kutat merambah grannskoða perlustrare 探しまわる 찾아 헤매다 apieškoti, išnaršyti pārmeklēt; izķemmēt menggeledah afzoekengjennomsøke przeszukiwać پاكول، موښل، سولول fazer uma busca a cu­tre­iera прочесывать, 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