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• scour — [skauə US skaur] v [T] [Sense: 1; Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language.] [Sense: 2 3; Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch schuren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excurare to clean off , from… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scour — [v1] clean, polish thoroughly abrade, brush, buff, burnish, cleanse, flush, furbish, mop, pumice, purge, rub, sand, scrub, wash, whiten; concept 165 Ant. dirty, rust scour [v2] search thoroughly beat, comb, ferret out, find, forage, go over with… …   New thesaurus

• Scrub — (skr[u^]b), v. i. To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• scour — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, abrase, baptize, bark, bath, bathe, beat, beat the bushes, beeline, bite, blow, blow out, bolt, buff, bullet, burnish, career, chafe, clean, clean out, cleanse, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• scour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scrub, abrade, polish, cleanse; search, range. See friction, cleanness, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cleanse] Syn. scrub, cleanse, rub; see clean , wash 1 , 2 . 2. [To search] Syn. seek, look …   English dictionary for students

• scrub — 1. adjective /skɹʌb/ Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. How solitary, how scrub, does this town look! Walpole. 2. noun /skɹʌb/ a) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor… …   Wiktionary

• scrub — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, alteration of schrobbe, schrubbe shrub more at shrub Date: 14th century 1. a. a stunted tree or shrub b. vegetation consisting chiefly of scrubs c. a tract covered with scrub 2. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scour — I v 1. scrub, scrub up, rub, abrade; polish, burnish, buff, shine, brighten; wipe, swab, mop, brush; wash, clean, clean up, cleanse, wash up, Brit. Inf. tub, lave, Chiefly Scot. dight. 2. purge, cleanse, clear, purify, lustrate; clean out, Med.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• scrub — Synonyms and related words: a nobody, a nothing, abandon, ablate, ablation, ablution, abort, abrade, abrase, abrasion, abrasive, afforestation, arboretum, attrition, baptize, bark, bath, bathe, belay, boondocks, bramble, brier, brier bush, brush …   Moby Thesaurus

• scrub — I verb 1) he scrubbed the kitchen floor Syn: scour, rub; clean, cleanse, wash, wipe 2) informal the plans were scrubbed See scrap I 2. 2) II noun there the buildings ended and the scrub began Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• scour — verb she scoured the oven and cleaned out the cupboards Syn: scrub, rub, clean, wash, cleanse, wipe; polish, buff (up), shine, burnish; abrade …   Thesaurus of popular words