scour
verb
[ ˈskaʊə ]
• clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent.
• "she scoured the cooker"
Similar:
scrub,
rub,
clean,
wash,
cleanse,
wipe,
polish,
buff (up),
shine,
burnish,
abrade,
dight,
furbish,
• (of livestock) suffer from diarrhoea.
• "he went out to deal with piglets who were scouring"
scour
noun
• the action of scouring or the state of being scoured, especially by swift-flowing water.
• "the scour of the tide may cause lateral erosion"
• diarrhoea 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
verb
• subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something.
• "David scoured each newspaper for an article on the murder"
Similar:
search,
comb,
hunt through,
rummage through,
sift through,
root through,
rake through,
leave no stone unturned,
mine,
look all over,
look high and low in,
ransack,
turn upside-down,
turn over,
drag,
fossick through,
Origin:
late Middle English: related to obsolete scour ‘moving hastily’, of unknown origin.
