American English pronunciation
How to pronounce scours
IPA transcription: [s'kaʊɚz]
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Noun
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diarrhea in livestock
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a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
Verb
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clean with hard rubbing
“She scrubbed his back”
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examine minutely
“The police scoured the country for the fugitive”
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rub hard or scrub
“scour the counter tops”
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rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
“flush the wound with antibiotics”
“purge the old gas tank”
Usage examples
- There are many references to the New Testament throughout the "Discourse".
- Upwards of sixty pamphlets appeared in reply to his "Moderator" and "Discourses".
- This outline of Genette's narratology is derived from "Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method".
- The subject of their discourse is a matter of controversy.
- These people begin to adapt to standards of that discourse community.
- The applications of this definition are widespread to political, economic, and cultural discourses.
- The site is now an electronic hub for discourse and information on parliamentary debate.
- Enlightenment discourse was purposeful gossip and indissolubly connected with the Parisian salons.
- The topics in the discourse were not new to Smith's preaching.
- In the "Discourse", he presents his method for obtaining clarity on any subject.