ALL meanings of scour
scour
S s - transitive verb scour scrub clean 1
- transitive verb scour search all over 1
- noun scour livestock disease 1
- verb with object scour to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child. 1
- verb with object scour to run or pass quickly over or along. 1
- verb without object scour to range about, as in search of something. 1
- verb without object scour to move rapidly or energetically. 1
- noun scour the act of scouring. 1
- noun scour the place scoured. 1
- noun scour an apparatus or material used in scouring; scourer: Sand is a good scour. 1
- noun scour the erosive force of moving water, as in a river or sea. 1
- noun scour Usually, scours. (used with a singular or plural verb) Veterinary Pathology. diarrhea in horses and cattle caused by intestinal infection. 1
- verb scour 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. 0
- verb scour If you scour something such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough. 0
- verb scour to clean or polish (a surface) by washing and rubbing, as with an abrasive cloth 0
- verb scour to remove dirt from or have the dirt removed from 0
- verb scour to clear (a channel) by the force of water; flush 0
- verb scour to remove by or as if by rubbing 0
- verb scour (of livestock, esp cattle) to have diarrhoea 0
- verb scour to cause (livestock) to purge their bowels 0
- verb scour to wash (wool) to remove wax, suint, and other impurities 0
- noun scour the act of scouring 0
- noun scour the place scoured, esp by running water 0
- noun scour something that scours, such as a cleansing agent 0
- noun scour prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle 0
- verb scour to range over (territory), as in making a search 0
- verb scour to move swiftly or energetically over (territory) 0
- verb transitive scour to clean or polish by vigorous rubbing, as with abrasives, soap and water, etc.; make clean and bright 0
- verb transitive scour to remove dirt and grease from (wool, etc.) 0
- verb transitive scour to wash or clear as by a swift current of water; flush 0
- verb transitive scour to wash away, or remove in this way 0
- verb transitive scour to clear the intestines of; purge 0
- verb transitive scour to clean (wheat) 0
- verb transitive scour to remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of 0
- intransitive verb scour to clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing 0
- intransitive verb scour to become clean and bright by being scoured 0
- noun scour a cleansing agent used in scouring 0
- noun scour a scoured place, as a part of a channel where mud has been washed away 0
- noun scour dysentery in cattle, etc. 0
- verb transitive scour to pass over quickly, or range over or through, as in search or pursuit 0
- intransitive verb scour to run or range about, as in search or pursuit 0