Associations to the word «Scoured»
Noun
Wiktionary
SCOUR, verb. To clean, polish, or wash something by scrubbing it vigorously.
SCOUR, verb. To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off.
SCOUR, verb. To search an area thoroughly.
SCOUR, verb. (ambitransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.
SCOUR, verb. (intransitive) (veterinary medicine) Of livestock, to suffer from diarrhea.
SCOUR, verb. (transitive) (veterinary medicine) To purge.
SCOUR, verb. (obsolete) To cleanse.
SCOUR, noun. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
SCOUR, noun. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
Dictionary definition
SCOUR, noun. A place that is scoured (especially by running water).
SCOUR, verb. Examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive".
SCOUR, verb. Clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back".
SCOUR, verb. Rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops".
SCOUR, verb. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.