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Another word for scour

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Verb

  1. To rub hard in order to clean

    See also:

    put-on

    clean

  2. To remove (an outer layer or adherent matter) by rubbing a surface with considerable pressure

    See also:

    put-on

  3. To make a thorough search of

    Idioms:
    See also:

    investigate

  4. To move swiftly

    Idioms:
    See also:

    move

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Another word for scour

Verb

  1. To cleanse

    See also:

    wash

    clean

  2. To search

    See also:

    search

    hunt

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • wide, and in a freshet in 1870 the scour reached a depth of 51 ft.

  • The natural scour thus created has given a depth of 26 ft.

  • Half the regiments form bands and scour the countryside and put everything to fire and sword.

  • And oh, the housekeeping! to keep bright the devil's door-knobs, and scour his tubs this bright day!

  • He brought his own knife, though I had two, and we used to scour them by thrusting them into the earth.

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