scour
scour is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
- intransitive verb. To clean anything by rubbing.
- intransitive verb. To cleanse anything.
- intransitive verb. To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
- intransitive verb. To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
- noun. Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
- noun. a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
- verb. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
"flush the wound with antibiotics"
"purge the old gas tank"
- verb. clean with hard rubbing
"She scrubbed his back"
- verb. rub hard or scrub
"scour the counter tops"
- verb. examine minutely
"The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scour:
Common word forms
scours, scoured, scourer, scouring
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