I. verb
1.
Synonyms: hurry 2, beeline, bullet, fleet, flit, fly, highball, rocket, smoke, speed
2.
to make a thorough search or examination of
scoured the neighborhood for the lost child
Synonyms: beat, comb, finecomb, fine-tooth-comb, forage, grub, rake, ransack, rummage, search
Related Word: rout; look (for), seek; fan, range; rifle; ferret (out), find
Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, look up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: scrub 1
2.
Synonyms: eat 3, bite, corrode, eat away, erode, gnaw, wear away
III. noun
usually scours plural
Synonyms: diarrhea , ||backdoor trots, dysentery, flux, Montezuma's revenge, ||runs, *shits, ||squirts, summer complaint, ||trots