Definitions for scour

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Spelling: [skouuh r, skou-er]

IPA: /skaʊər, ˈskaʊ ər/

Scour is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in scour (corsu).

Definitions for scour

noun

1. the act of scouring.
2. the place scoured.
3. an apparatus or material used in scouring; scourer:
4. the erosive force of moving water, as in a river or sea.
5. Usually, scours. (used with a singular or plural verb) Veterinary Pathology. diarrhea in horses and cattle caused by intestinal infection.

verb (used with object)

1. to remove dirt, grease, etc., from or to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with a rough or 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, by removing debris, etc.
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.
8. Metallurgy. (of the contents of a blast furnace) to rub against and corrode (the refractory lining).
9. to range over, as in a search:
10. to run or pass quickly over or along.

verb (used without object)

1. to rub a surface in order to cleanse or polish it.
2. to remove dirt, grease, etc.
3. to become clean and shiny.
4. to be capable of being cleaned by rubbing:
5. (of a plow, cultivator, etc.) to pass through the ground without soil clinging to the blade.
6. (of a plow, shovel, etc.) to become polished from use.
7. to range about, as in search of something.
8. to move rapidly or energetically.

Origin of scour

1250-1300; Middle English scouren (v.) Middle Dutch scūren Old French escurer Latin excūrāre to take care of (Medieval Latin escūrāre to clean), equivalent to ex- ex-

Examples for scour

There have already been two expensive efforts to scour the ocean bed of the South Atlantic since the Airbus A330 disappeared.

Scipio might be incapable of organization, but he certainly could scour and scrub.

Immediately after the attack, Philip used his searchlights to scour the ocean for survivors to rescue.

A delightful cast battles over a will and a stolen painting as a horde of pseudo-Nazis scour the mountains for fugitives.

Prepare a fine thick lather of soft soap, boiled in soft water; dip a brush in it, and scour the marble well with powder.

Immediately after the attack, Philip used his searchlights to scour the ocean for survivors.

Once we're out of here, I'm going to scour New York for him.

But not as a son this time, only as a servant, to scour and scrub to the end of his life.

Every day, the two men, part of a 25-person outreach force, scour the streets looking for people everyone else wants to ignore.

A fine instrument to scour the country with, when one has a girl on one's arm.