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How to pronounce scour in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abrade
Type of rub


scour the counter tops.
Type Words
Synonyms flush, purge
Type of rinse off, rinse
Type Words
Synonyms scrub
Type of rub
Has types holystone
Derivation scourer, scouring
Type Words
Type of place, topographic point, spot
Type Words
Type of seek, look for, search
Derivation scouring


The police scoured the country for the fugitive.

Examples of scour

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Still, skeptical investors will want to scour Tyco's upcoming S-1 registrations.
From the businessweek.com
A titanic talent search is under way as managers scour the globe for innovators.
From the businessweek.com
By Tuesday afternoon, moderately strong Santa Ana winds should scour the county.
From the signonsandiego.com
Horvath orders one last Jack and Coke before heading home to scour the Internet.
From the thestate.com
People scour the web for the best content and submit it to NotCot network sites.
From the techcrunch.com
New images show that avalanches of dust scour dozens of Martian sites each year.
From the newscientist.com
She would look for treasures at her eye level and I would scour the lower items.
From the sfgate.com
These funds allow the Ballet to scour the country and hand pick gifted students.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That allows Wisconsin officers to scour the country for background on suspects.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • A place that is scoured (especially by running water)
  • Examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
  • Scrub: clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
  • Rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
  • Flush: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
  • (scoured) eroded: worn away as by water or ice or wind
  • Scour Inc. was a multimedia search engine on the internet, and provided Scour Exchange, an early peer-to-peer file exchange service. ...
  • Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose or liquid bowel movements each day. It often lasts for a few days and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss. Signs of dehydration often begin with loss of the normal stretchiness of the skin and irritable behaviour...
  • To clean, polish, or wash something by scrubbing it vigorously; To search an area thoroughly; Of livestock, to suffer from diarrhea; To move swiftly