Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - scour
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Scour
scour
~ v 1 to search very carefully and thoroughly through an area, a document, etc (A team of detectives is scouring the countryside.) 2 also scour out to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material (The pans really needed to be scoured.) 3 also scour out to form a hole by continuous movement over a long period (Over the years, the stream had scoured out a round pool in the rock.) - scour n
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(scours, scouring, scoured) 1. If you scour something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for. Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles... We scoured the telephone directory for clues. = search VERB: V n, V n for n 2. If you scour something such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough. He decided to scour the sink. = scrub VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch schuren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excurare to clean off, from Latin, to take good care of, from ex- + curare to care for, from cura care Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing b. to remove by rubbing hard and washing 2. archaic to clear (a region) of enemies or outlaws 3. to clean by purging ; purge 4. to remove dirt and debris from (as a pipe or ditch) 5. to free from foreign matter or impurities by or as if by washing ~ wool 6. to clear, dig, or remove by or as if by a powerful current of water intransitive verb 1. to perform a process of ~ing 2. to suffer from diarrhea or dysentery 3. to become clean and bright by rubbing • ~er noun II. noun Date: 1681 1. a place ~ed by running water 2. ~ing action (as of a glacier) 3. diarrhea, dysentery — usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr. 4. ~ing 1; also damage done by ~ing action III. verb Etymology: Middle English scuren, skouren, probably from ~, noun, (in phrase god ~ quickly), perhaps from Old Norse skur shower; akin to Old English scur shower — more at shower Date: 13th century intransitive verb to move about quickly especially in search transitive verb to go through or range over in or as if in a search ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a cleanse or brighten by rubbing, esp. with soap, chemicals, sand, etc. b (usu. foll. by away, off, etc.) clear (rust, stains, reputation, etc.) by rubbing, hard work, etc. (scoured the slur from his name). 2 (of water, or a person with water) clear out (a pipe, channel, etc.) by flushing through. 3 hist. purge (the bowels) drastically. --n. 1 the act or an instance of scouring; the state of being scoured, esp. by a swift water current (the scour of the tide). 2 diarrhoea in cattle. 3 a substance used for scouring. Phrases and idioms scouring-rush any of various horsetail plants with a rough siliceous coating used for polishing wood etc. Derivatives scourer n. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG schuren f. F escurer f. LL excurare clean (off) (as EX-(1), CURE) 2. v. 1 tr. hasten over (an area etc.) searching thoroughly (scoured the streets for him; scoured the pages of the newspaper). 2 intr. range hastily esp. in search or pursuit. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) размыв; водная эрозия размывать; вымывать; эродировать 2) промывка промывать 3) промывная галерея 4) очистка очищать 5) затирать (штукатурку) 6) очищать на обоечной машине; шелушить, лущить - bridge scour - downstream scour - floodplain scour ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. чистка, мытье to give a saucepan a good scour —- хорошо вычистить (отчистить) кастрюлю 2. промывание (сильным напором воды) the scour of the river has affected the foundations of the bridge —- сильный напор речной воды подмыл основание моста 3. промоина, размыв there is a deep scour under the embankment —- под насыпью образовалась глубокая промоина 4. вет. дизентерия, понос 5. спец. моющее средство 6. чистить, отчищать, оттирать дочиста; шабрить to scrub and scour —- скрести и чистить; наводить чистоту to scour with sand —- отчищать (отскабливать) песком to scour with soap —- отмывать мылом to scour clean —- дочиста отмыть to scour pots and pans —- чистить кастрюли и сковородки to scour down the steps —- тщательно вымыть лестницу to scour a horse —- чистить коня скребницей to scour away a stain —- оттирать пятно to scour the rust off —- отчистить от ржавчины the boilers will have to be scoured out to remove the deposits —- котлы необходимо отчистить от накипи 7. драить, тщательно мыть и чистить (руки, лицо, зубы) 8. очищать (зерно) 9. спец. химически очищать, обезжиривать (материю, шерсть, шелк) scoured wool —- обезжиренная шерсть 10. освобождать, очищать to scour the sea of the enemy ships —- очищать море от судов противника to scour the invaders from the land —- изгонять захватчиков из страны; очистить страну от захватчиков 11. промывать...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) чистка, мытье 2) эрозийное действие (воды) 3) промоина, размыв 4) моющее, чистящее средство или устройство 5) usu. pl. понос (у скота) 2. v. 1) чистить; отчищать, оттирать; to scour off the dirt - отчистить грязь 2) мыть, промывать; смывать; Milk bottles should be scoured out before being returned to the milkman. 3) освобождать, очищать; Our army scoured the invaders from the land. 4) мездрить (кожу) II v. 1) рыскать, бегать (в поисках чего-л.) (тж. scour about); to scour about in search of food - рыскать в поисках пищи 2) тщательно искать (что-л.), прочесывать (местность и т.п.); The police are scouring the woods for the missing child. Syn: see hunt ...Англо-русский словарь
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