scour[verb]Synonyms: rub, abrade, buff, clean, polish, scrub, wash
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[verb]Synonyms: search, beat, comb, hunt, ransack
Related Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, look up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down
Related Words: rout,
look (for),
seek,
fan,
range,
rifle,
ferret (out),
find [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
scour /skaʊə $ skaʊr/
verb [transitive][
Sense 1: Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language. ]
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Sense 2-3: Date: 1100-1200;
Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch schuren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excurare 'to clean off', from Latin cura 'care']
1. to search very carefully and thoroughly through an area, a document etc
scour something for something
Her family began to scour the countryside for a suitable house.2. (
also scour out) to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material
Synonym : scrub:
Ada was scouring out the pans.3. (
also scour out) to form a hole by continuous movement over a long period:
Over the years, the stream had scoured out a round pool in the rock. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲