Dictionary Entry
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.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To purge; as, to scour a horse.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
- 5intransitive verb
To clean anything by rubbing.
- 6intransitive verb
To cleanse anything.
- 7intransitive verb
To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
- 8intransitive verb
To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
- 9noun
Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
- 10noun
a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
- 11verb
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
"flush the wound with antibiotics"
"purge the old gas tank"
- 12verb
clean with hard rubbing
"She scrubbed his back"
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- 13verb
rub hard or scrub
"scour the counter tops"
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- 14verb
examine minutely
"The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
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