āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to scour
/ËskaĘÉ/, /ËskaĘÉš/
/skËaâĘâÉ/
to scour
01
āĻāĻˇā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to clean something thoroughly by scrubbing it hard with a rough or tough material
Transitive: to scour sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The maid scoured the bathtub with a strong cleaner to remove soap scum.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻž āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĨāĻāĻŦ āĻāĻˇā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¤āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to conduct a thorough search of a place, text, or area in order to find something
Transitive: to scour sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He scoured the library shelves for the rare book he needed.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to wash or clear something by using a swift current of water
Transitive: to scour sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The flood scoured the fields, removing layers of mud.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ§ā§ā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§, āĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻˇā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻˇāĻž
to remove dirt or unwanted matter by vigorous rubbing
Transitive: to scour dirt or a stain
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She scoured the dirt off the clothes with a powerful detergent.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨
a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
scoured
scourer
scouring
scour
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
