scouring (verb)

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• 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 — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch schuren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excurare to clean off, from Latin, to take good care of, from ex + curare to care for, from cura care Date: 14th century transitive… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scour — I. /ˈskaʊə / (say skowuh) verb (t) 1. to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing: to scour pots and pans. 2. to remove (dirt, grease, etc.) from something by hard rubbing. 3. to clear out (a channel, drain, etc.). 4. to purge thoroughly, as an animal.… …  

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• beat — [c]/bit / (say beet) verb (beat, beaten or beat, beating) –verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and usually violently. 2. to thrash, cane, or flog, as a punishment. 3. to whisk; stir, as in order to thicken or aerate: to beat cream; to beat eggwhites …  

• dolly — /ˈdɒli / (say dolee) noun (plural dollies) 1. (with children) a doll. 2. a. a low truck with small wheels for moving loads too heavy to be carried by hand. b. Film, TV a small, mobile platform for carrying cameras, directors, etc., and often… …  

• set to — intransitive verb 1. : to begin actively and earnestly : make an eager or determined start on a job or activity seized a broom and set to set to with a will on the dinner 2. : to begin fighting in the third round stopped sparring and set to in… …   Useful english dictionary

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• wildcat — ▪ I. wildcat wild‧cat 1 [ˈwaɪldkæt] adjective [only before a noun] a wildcat oil well or discovery of oil is one that is in a place where no one has found oil before   [m0] ▪ II. wildcat wildcat 2 verb [intransitive] to look for oil in a place… …   Financial and business terms

• wildcatter — wildcat wildcat 2 verb [intransitive] to look for oil in a place where no one has found it yet wildcatter noun [countable] : • Oklahoma wildcatters struck oil in the late 1920s. * * * Ⅰ. wildcat UK US /ˈwaɪl …   Financial and business terms

• pad — [[t]pæ̱d[/t]] pads, padding, padded 1) N COUNT A pad is a fairly thick, flat piece of a material such as cloth or rubber. Pads are used, for example, to clean things, to protect things, or to change their shape. He withdrew the needle and placed… …   English dictionary