verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (for sb/sth) to search a place or thing thoroughly in order to find sb/sth:
We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent. * He had been scouring the papers for weeks, looking for a job.
2 ~ sth (out) to clean sth by rubbing its surface hard with rough material:
I had to scour out the pans.
3 ~ sth (away / out)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scour is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does scour appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — scour appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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