Scour

  • 21scour — [[t]ska͟ʊ ə(r)[/t]] scours, scouring, scoured 1) VERB If you scour something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for. [V n] Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles... [V n… …

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  • 22scour —    to administer a laxative to    Literally, to clean thoroughly the inside of anything. A beast with scour has diarrhoea, which humans also caught from bad beer, or scour the gate:     There s first guid ale,    And second ale and some,    Hink… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 23scour — verb (T) 1 to search very carefully and thoroughly through an area, a document, etc: A team of detectives is scouring the countryside. 2 also scour out to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material: The pans really needed …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24scour — [13] The notion of ‘cleaning’ implicit in scour evolved from an earlier ‘take care of’. For the word goes back ultimately to Latin cūrāre (source of English cure), which originally meant ‘take care of’, and only in medieval times came to mean… …

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  • 25scour — verb Scour is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye Scour is used with these nouns as the object: ↑countryside, ↑Internet, ↑newspaper, ↑shelf …

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  • 26scour — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, abrase, baptize, bark, bath, bathe, beat, beat the bushes, beeline, bite, blow, blow out, bolt, buff, bullet, burnish, career, chafe, clean, clean out, cleanse, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27scour — v. n. == rush quickly. Alys. 3722. Ital. scorrere. Fr. escourre sb. == haste, ‘good scour.’ Alys. 4276 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 28scour — scour1 verb 1》 clean or brighten by vigorous rubbing, typically with an abrasive or detergent.     ↘remove (dirt or unwanted matter) by rubbing in such a way. 2》 (of running water) erode (a channel or pool). 3》 (of livestock) suffer from… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29scour — I. /ˈskaʊə / (say skowuh) verb (t) 1. to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing: to scour pots and pans. 2. to remove (dirt, grease, etc.) from something by hard rubbing. 3. to clear out (a channel, drain, etc.). 4. to purge thoroughly, as an animal.… …

  • 30scour — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 a cleanse or brighten by rubbing, esp. with soap, chemicals, sand, etc. b (usu. foll. by away, off, etc.) clear (rust, stains, reputation, etc.) by rubbing, hard work, etc. (scoured the slur from his name). 2 (of water, or a… …

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