SCOUR


Meaning of SCOUR in English

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

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус.