Canadian English Meaning of scour
scour
Other Canadian English words related to scour
- find
- search
- comb
- discover
- dredging
- examine
- explore
- inspect
- Investigate
- locate
- rake
- loot
- rifle
- rummage
- Scan
- survey
- dig (through)
- hunt (through)
- Ascertain
- audit
- Browse
- detect
- determine
- find out
- frisk
- get
- learn
- look-over
- peruse
- probe
- prospect
- review
- run-down
- scrutinize
- snoop
- Study
- Troll
- Check out
- ferret (out)
- glance over
- patdown
- poke (around)
- shake down
- sort (through)
- track down
Nearest Words of scour
- scoundrelism => Scoundrelism
- scoundreldom => scoundrelism
- scott's spleenwort => Scott's spleenwort
- scottish terrier => Scottish terrier
- scottish reel => Scottish reel
- scottish maple => Scottish maple
- scottish lowlander => Scottish Lowlander
- scottish lallans => Scottish Lallans
- scottish highlander => Scottish highlander
- scottish gaelic => Scottish Gaelic
Definitions and Meaning of scour in English
scour (n)
a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
scour (v)
examine minutely
clean with hard rubbing
rub hard or scrub
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
scour (v. t.)
To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
To purge; as, to scour a horse.
To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away.
To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
scour (v. i.)
To clean anything by rubbing.
To cleanse anything.
To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
scour (n.)
Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
The act of scouring.
A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
FAQs About the word scour
scour
a place that is scoured (especially by running water), examine minutely, clean with hard rubbing, rub hard or scrub, rinse, clean, or empty with a liquidTo rub
find,search,comb,discover,dredging,examine,explore,inspect,Investigate,locate
abandon,hide,lose,neglect
scoundrelism => Scoundrelism, scoundreldom => scoundrelism, scott's spleenwort => Scott's spleenwort, scottish terrier => Scottish terrier, scottish reel => Scottish reel,
