Definitions of scour [ʊ^ər, ˈskaʊ ər]

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Definition of 'scour'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.) scour
to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with an abrasive material.

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

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

4.  scour
to purge thoroughly, as an animal.

5.  scour
to clear or rid of what is undesirable.

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

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

8. (v.i.) scour
to cleanse or polish a surface by hard rubbing.

9.  scour
to become clean and shiny when scoured.

10. (n.) scour
the act of scouring.

11.  scour
the place scoured.

12.  scour
an implement or preparation used in scouring.

13.  scour
the erosive force of moving water.

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

15. (v.) scour
to range over, as in search:
to scour the countryside for a lost child.

16.  scour
to run or pass quickly over or along.

17. (v.i.) scour
to range about, as in search of something.

18.  scour
to move rapidly or energetically.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME, appar. v. der. of

Definition of 'scour'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) scour
a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

2. (verb) scour
examine minutely
"The police scoured the country for the fugitive"

3. (verb) scrub, scour
clean with hard rubbing
"She scrubbed his back"

4. (verb) scour, abrade
rub hard or scrub
"scour the counter tops"

5. (verb) flush, scour, purge
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
"flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"

Definition of 'scour'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) scour
to clean by rubbing hard with sth rough; = scrub
to scour a pan

2. scour
to look very carefully for sth
We scoured the house, looking for the lost check.

Definition of 'scour'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) scour
diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle

2. (verb) scour
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

3. (verb) scour
to purge; as, to scour a horse

4. (verb) scour
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

5. (verb) scour
to pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast

6. (verb) scour
to clean anything by rubbing

7. (verb) scour
to cleanse anything

8. (verb) scour
to be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea

9. (verb) scour
to run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper

Translation of 'scour'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to clean by hard rubbing.
Afrikaans: skuur	Arabic: يُنَظِّف بالحَك، يَصْقُل	Bulgarian: търкам
Brazilian: esfregar	Czech: (vy)cídit	German: scheuern
Danish: skure	Greek: καθαρίζω τρίβοντας	Spanish: fregar, restregar
Estonian: puhtaks nühkima	Farsi: ساييدن؛برق انداختن	Finnish: kuurata
French: récurer	Hebrew: לְקַרצֵף	Hindi: मांजना, चमकाना, साफ करना
Croatian: ispiranje, ribanje	Hungarian: sikál	Indonesian: menggosok
Icelandic: skúra, skrúbba, þvo með n	Italian: sfregare, strofinare	Japanese: みがく
Korean: 문질러 없애다	Lithuanian: šveisti	Latvian: tīrīt; berzt
Malay: menyental	Dutch: schuren	Norwegian: skure, skrubbe
Polish: wyszorować	Persian: ساييدن؛برق انداختن	Pashto: ژرژر ګرځېدل، په وارخطايۍ
Portuguese: esfregar	Romanian: a freca	Russian: чистить
Slovak: (vy)čistiť, (vy)leštiť	Slovenian: zdrgniti	Serbian: ribati
Swedish: skura, skrubba	Thai: ขัดถูให้สะอาด	Turkish: ovarak temizlemek
Taiwanese: 刷淨，擦亮(淨)	Ukrainian: чистити	Urdu: مانجھنا، صاف کرنا
Vietnamese: cọ chùi	Chinese: 擦净，擦亮
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