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Scour

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Noun

1. scour

a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Verb

2. scour

examine minutely

Example Sentences:
'The police scoured the country for the fugitive'

3. scour, scrub

clean with hard rubbing

Example Sentences:
'She scrubbed his back'

4. abrade, scour

rub hard or scrub

Example Sentences:
'scour the counter tops'

5. flush, purge, scour

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

Example Sentences:
'flush the wound with antibiotics'
'purge the old gas tank'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scour

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verb
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. (transitive)
to clear (a channel) by the force of water; flush
4. (transitive)
to remove by or as if by rubbing
5. (intransitive)
(of livestock, esp cattle) to have diarrhoea
6. (transitive)
to cause (livestock) to purge their bowels
7. (transitive)
to wash (wool) to remove wax, suint, and other impurities
noun
8. 
the act of scouring
9. 
the place scoured, esp by running water
10. 
something that scours, such as a cleansing agent
11. (often plural)
prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle
verb
1. 
to range over (territory), as in making a search
2. 
to move swiftly or energetically over (territory)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Scour

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verb transitive
1. 
to clean or polish by vigorous rubbing, as with abrasives, soap and water, etc.; make clean and bright
2. 
to remove dirt and grease from (wool, etc.)
3. 
a. 
to wash or clear as by a swift current of water; flush
b. 
to wash away, or remove in this way
4. 
to clear the intestines of; purge
5. 
to clean (wheat)
6. 
to remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
verb intransitive
7. 
to clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
8. 
to become clean and bright by being scoured
noun
9. 
the act of scouring
10. 
a cleansing agent used in scouring
11. 
a scoured place, as a part of a channel where mud has been washed away
12.  [usually pl., with sing. v.]
dysentery in cattle, etc.
verb transitive
1. 
to pass over quickly, or range over or through, as in search or pursuit
to scour a town for an escaped convict
verb intransitive
2. 
to run or range about, as in search or pursuit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scour

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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.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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