Scour - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈskaʊər|  American pronunciation of the word scour
Brit.  |ˈskaʊə|  British pronunciation of the word scour

noun

- a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

verb

- examine minutely
The police scoured the country for the fugitive
- clean with hard rubbing (syn: scrub)
- rub hard or scrub (syn: abrade)
scour the counter tops
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid (syn: flush, purge)

Extra examples

This stone is largely used for scouring paint.

Our army scoured the invaders from the land.

Milk bottles should be scoured out before being returned to the milkman.

Give the floor a good scour.

The police are scouring the woods for the missing child.

Patrols scoured the streets, all that night.

He spent half an hour scouring the newspaper for any mention of the fire.

Through the red sky terrific meteors scour.

The police scoured the country for the fugitive

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: scour
he/she/it: scours
present participle: scouring
past tense: scoured
past participle: scoured
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