Scour is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SCOUR in dictionary:

VERB:
• to cleanse by hard rubbing
• clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent
• remove (dirt or unwanted matter) by scouring
• (of water or a watercourse) make (a channel or pool) by flowing quickly over something and removing soil or rock
• (of livestock) suffer from diarrhoea
• administer a strong purgative to
• subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something
• move rapidly in a particular direction, especially in search or pursuit of someone or something
• clean or polish by rubbing with something rough
• 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 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.
• examine minutely
• clean with hard rubbing
• rub hard or scrub
• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
NOUN:
• the action of scouring or the state of being scoured, especially by swift-flowing water
• an act of rubbing something hard to clean or brighten it
• diarrhoea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs.
• Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
• a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
• scouring
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing

Words related to SCOUR

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Words that contain SCOUR

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How to use SCOUR in a sentence

• Only by ages of glacier crush and grind, by scour of floods, by centuries of storm and sun.
• It was not until night that they found her, after her continued absence from camp had roused alarm, and searching parties had been made up to scour the woods.
• Finding a deserted camp, they separated, and commenced to scour the surrounding country.
• The little fool might scour the world for a better one.
• C-l-e-a-n, clean, verb active, to make bright, to scour.
• The Stanway Cameo had been discovered in an obscure Italian village by one of those traveling agents who scour all Europe for valuable antiquities and objects of art.
• To wash, to scour, to polish, grew into the one absorbing business of life.
• I heard Lord Saxthorpe tell him that the police had received orders to scour the country for him, and that they were coming to St.
• From San Diego, parties of the command were sent to scour the neighboring country, in order to bring in a sufficient number of horses to mount the men.
• That gentleman forced John to eat some breakfast while Carlos rode hastily to scour the mesa front to the west.
• Thou shalt see With what rapidity the steeds of Troy 260 Pursuing or retreating, scour the field.
• Cows fed on cabbages are always quiet and satisfied, while on turnips they often scour and are restless.
• Though on recovering consciousness he had sent the keeper to scour the neighborhood for Wiggins and the Terror, Mr.
• This is the practice established from time immemorial, among civilised nations that scour the seas.
• By this victory a passage was opened across the head of Cooper River, and a detachment was sent under the command of Earl Cornwallis to scour the country beyond that river.
• The column was then halted on the road, and flanking parties were detailed to scour the woods to the right and left.
• The Welland Field Battery was also landed, with instructions to scour the woods along the liver bank for stragglers.
• In the meantime he had sent two companies of the 16th Regiment to scour the woods, but owing to the darkness they were unable to do so.
• Meanwhile Pepper Whitcomb would scour the whole town in search of me.
• If you will stop there until to-morrow, this young man and I will scour the country round about, and try to find some news of your Prince.
• There is the clever young detective, in whose company we expectantly scour the bazaars and alleys of Mangadone in search of a missing boy.
• The strip of hall carpet newly discovered to scour like new with brush and soap and warm water.
• It was enough to scour the clay with sand, then to mold the bricks and bake them by the heat of a wood fire.
• Under these philosophical institutions, and the guidance of a woman, the robbers continued to scour the China sea, plundering every vessel they came near.
• Kennedy sent four men on horseback to scour the country around in search of him.
• The forester would be certain to scour the woods for him, and Lumley could hardly hope to evade pursuit indefinitely.
• With his little troop the Adelantado determined to scour the mountains to seek out the secret retreats where Maiobanexius and Guarionex had concealed themselves.
• Weston, now thoroughly alarmed called upon his neighbors for assistance, and searching parties with lanterns and torches commenced to scour field and wood.
• The dogs scour the shore for miles in search of food, for, with the exception of those belonging to our stores, they mostly have to forage for themselves.
• And as to his armor, why, he thought he might scour and polish that till nothing could be whiter.
• To conceive such a design is one thing, to go down on the knees and scour floors week after week is something different.

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