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1 scour
B vtr1 ( scrub) récurer ;2 ( erode) [river, wind] éroder ;3 ( search) parcourir [area, book, list] (for à la recherche de) ; lire [qch] d'un bout à l'autre [book, list] (for à la recherche de) ; to scour the shops for sth faire le tour des magasins à la recherche de qch ;4 ( wash) dégraisser [wool, cloth].■ scour out:▶ scour out [sth], scour [sth] out récurer.
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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 — 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 — UK [ˈskaʊə(r)] / US [skaʊr] verb [transitive] Word forms scour : present tense I/you/we/they scour he/she/it scours present participle scouring past tense scoured past participle scoured 1) to search a place or document thoroughly for something… … English dictionary
scour — verb (T) 1 to search very carefully and thoroughly through an area, a document, etc: A team of detectives is scouring the countryside. 2 also scour out to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material: The pans really needed … Longman 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
Scour — Scour, n. 1. Diarrh[oe]a or dysentery among cattle. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of scouring. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall. If you catch the two sole denizens [trout] of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scour — [ skaur ] verb transitive 1. ) to search a place or document thoroughly for something: scour something for something: Jake scoured auction sales for the furniture they needed. 2. ) to clean something thoroughly by rubbing it hard with something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scour — scour1 [skour] vt. [ME scouren < MDu scuren < ? OFr escurer < VL * excurare, to take great care of < L ex , intens. + curare, to take care of < cura, care] 1. to clean or polish by vigorous rubbing, as with abrasives, soap and… … English World dictionary
scour — vb *seek, search, hunt, ransack, rummage, comb, ferret out Analogous words: investigate (see corresponding noun at INQUIRY): *scrutinize, inspect, examine: range, roam, rove, *wander … New Dictionary of Synonyms
scour|ing cinder — «SKOWR ihng», a slag low in silica which wears out the lining of a furnace … Useful english dictionary
scour — {{11}}scour (1) cleanse by rubbing, c.1300, from M.Du. scuren to polish, clean, and from O.Fr. escurer, both from L.L. excurare clean off, lit. take good care of, from L. ex out + curare care for (see CURE (Cf. cure)). Possibly originally a t … Etymology dictionary