vi to cleanse anything.
2. scour ·vi to clean anything by rubbing.
3. scour ·noun diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
4. scour ·vi to be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
5. scour ·vt to purge; as, to scour a horse.
6. scour ·add. ·noun the act of scouring.
7. scour ·add. ·noun a place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
8. scour ·add. ·vt to cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
9. scour ·vt to pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
10. scour ·vi to run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
11. scour ·vt to remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water;
often with off or away.
12. scour ·vt to rub hard with something rough, as sand or bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, ·etc., as articles of dress.