SCOUR
\skˈa͡ʊ͡ə], \skˈaʊə], \s_k_ˈaʊə]\
Definitions of SCOUR
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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scour a surface
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examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
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a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
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a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
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rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
By Princeton University
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To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
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A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
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To purge; as, to scour a horse.
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To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
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To clean anything by rubbing.
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To cleanse anything.
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To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
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To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
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Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
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To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; - often with off or away.
By Oddity Software
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To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
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A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
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To purge; as, to scour a horse.
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To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
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To clean anything by rubbing.
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To cleanse anything.
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To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
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To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
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Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
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To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; - often with off or away.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To clean by rubbing with something rough: to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc.: to remove by rubbing: to pass quickly over: to range.
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SCOURER.
By Daniel Lyons
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SCOURER.
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To clean or be cleaned by washing and rubbing.
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To purge.
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To traverse thoroughly; search through.
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To skim along.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To clean by rubbing with something rough; to rub clean or bright; to remove by scouring; to purge violently; to range over; to clear; to brush along.
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To clean; to lie purged to excess; to range about; to scamper.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To clean or brighten by rubbing; to clean from grease or dirt, as articles of dress; to search thoroughly in order to take or drive away; to pass swiftly over, as water; to be purged excessively; to clean thoroughly; to clear; to run with great eagerness and swiftness; to rove; to range.
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A kind of diarrhoea or dysentery in cattle.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
