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    scour
    [ˈskou(ə)r]
    verb
    scour (verb) · scours (third person present) · scoured (past tense) · scoured (past participle) · scouring (present participle)
    1. clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:
      "he scoured the bathtub"
      • remove (dirt or unwanted matter) by rubbing with an abrasive or detergent:
        "use an electric toothbrush to scour off plaque" · "I've spent all day mopping and scouring"
      • (of water or a watercourse) make (a channel or pool) by flowing forcefully over something and removing soil or rock:
        "a stream came crashing through a narrow cavern to scour out a round pool below"
    2. (of livestock) suffer from diarrhoea:
      "he went out to deal with piglets who were scouring"
      • archaic
        administer a strong purgative to:
        "he immediately proceeded to scour him with the most potent medicines"
    noun
    scour (noun) · scours (noun)
    1. the action of scouring or the state of being scoured, especially by swift-flowing water:
      "the scour of the tide may cause lateral erosion"
      • an act of rubbing something hard to clean or brighten it:
        "give the floor a good scour"
    2. diarrhea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schūren, from Old French escurer, from late Latin excurare ‘clean (off)’, from ex- ‘away’ + curare ‘to clean’.
    scour
    [ˈskou(ə)r]
    verb
    scour (verb) · scours (third person present) · scoured (past tense) · scoured (past participle) · scouring (present participle)
    1. subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something:
      "David scoured each newspaper for an article on the murder"
      • move rapidly in a particular direction, especially in search or pursuit of someone or something:
        "he scoured up the ladder"
    Origin
    late Middle English: related to obsolete scour ‘moving hastily’, of unknown origin.
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    1. clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:
      scrub
      rub
      clean
      wash
      cleanse
      wipe
      polish
      shine
      burnish
      abrade
      dight
      furbish
      buff (up)
      verb
      1. subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something:
        search
        comb
        leave no stone unturned
        mine
        ransack
        turn over
        drag
        hunt through
        rummage through
        sift through
        go through with a fine-tooth comb
        root through
        rake through
        look all over
        look high and low in
        turn upside-down

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        What does scour mean?One has meanings relating to cleaning and washing away; that scour, which dates back to at least the early 14th century, probably comes from the Late Latin excurare, meaning “to clean off.” (A related noun scour refers to the action of this type of scouring, or to places that have been scoured, as by running water.)

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        What does scour mean in civil engineering?Civil Engineering to clear (a channel, etc.), as by the force of water: The river scoured a path through the valley. to range over (an area), as in search: to scour the countryside for a lost child. to remove dirt, grease, etc., from or to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material: to scour pots and pans.

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        Where did the word scour come from?The other verb scour appeared a century earlier, and may come from the Old Norse skūr, meaning “shower.” ( Skūr is also distantly related to the Old English scūr, the ancestor of our English word shower .)

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        What does scoured mean?to run or pass quickly over or along. to range about, as in search of something. to move rapidly or energetically. Donald Rabin had scoured train after train in Chicago for four hours. She scoured literature, art, philosophy and psychology to describe how society often attaches a moral dimension to illness.

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        scour noun (CLEANING) [ S ] an act of removing dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough: A quick scour with salt and an old toothbrush is a simple way to freshen up stained cups.

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