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  Scour \Scour\ (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scoured; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Scouring.] [Akin to LG. sch["u]ren, D. schuren,
     schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly
     fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf.
     Cure.]
     1. 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.
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     2. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
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     3. 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.
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              [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask,
              Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it.
                                                    --Shak.
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     4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. OF. escorre, escourre, It.
        scorrere, both fr. L. excurrere to run forth. Cf.
        Excursion.] To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to
        traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
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              Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. --Pope.
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     5. To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
  
              If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch. --Blackstone.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Scouring barrel, a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling.
        
  
     Scouring cinder (Metal.), a basic slag, which attacks the
        lining of a shaft furnace. --Raymond.
  
     Scouring rush. (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch.
  
     Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill.
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  Scour \Scour\ (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scoured; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Scouring.] [Akin to LG. sch["u]ren, D. schuren,
     schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly
     fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf.
     Cure.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
  
     3. 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.
  
              [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which,
              washed away, shall scour my shame with it. --Shak.
  
     4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. OF. escorre, escourre, It.
        scorrere, both fr. L. excurrere to run forth. Cf.
        Excursion.] To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to
        traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
  
              Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. --Pope.
  
     Scouring barrel, a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling.
        
  
     Scouring cinder (Metal.), a basic slag, which attacks the
        lining of a shaft furnace. --Raymond.
  
     Scouring rush. (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch.
  
     Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill.

  scouring
       n 1: moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the
            entire area revealed nothing"
       2: the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and
          soap and water [syn: scrub, scrubbing]

  scouring
     n.
     1 The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and
  water.
     2 (l en diarrhea Diarrhea). (q: Now used only of livestock, though
  also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)
     vb.
     (present participle of en scour nocat=1)

  scouring
     n.
     1 The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and
  water.
     2 (l en diarrhea Diarrhea). (q: Now used only of livestock, though
  also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)
     vb.
     (present participle of en scour nocat=1)

  scouring
     n.
     1 The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and
  water.
     2 (l en diarrhea Diarrhea). (q: Now used only of livestock, though
  also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)
     vb.
     (present participle of en scour nocat=1)

  scouring
     n.
     1 The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and
  water.
     2 (l en diarrhea Diarrhea). (q: Now used only of livestock, though
  also sometimes used of humans into the 1600s.)
     vb.
     (present participle of en scour nocat=1)

  Scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  التنظيف

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  praní

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  žíravý

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  broušení

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
   [eko] vymílání (eroze)

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  odmašťování

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  Auskolken , Auskolkung  [envir.]  [geol.]
           Note: Bildung von erosiven Vertiefungen an der Sohle von (früheren) Fließgewässern
     Synonym: scour
  

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  scheuernde Wirkung
   see: action, effect, abrasive action, grinding action, corrading action, gradational effect, erosive effect, precipitation action, damaging effect, harmful effect, surface action
  

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  Entschlammung , Durchspülung , Ausspülung 
           Note: Wasserbau
     Synonym: scour
  

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  Unterspülung , Unterwaschung , Auswaschung , Auskolkung , Ausstrudeln  [geol.]
           Note: des Geländes
     Synonym: wash-out
  
           Note: of the terrain

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  durchforstend
     Synonym: combing through
  
   see: comb through sth., scour sth., combed through, scoured
  

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  durchkämmend, genau absuchend
     Synonym: combing
  
   see: comb sth., scour sth., combed, scoured
  

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  reinigend
   see: scour sth., give sth. a good scour, scoured, scours, scoured
  

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  scheuernd, schrubbend
   see: scour sth., scoured
  

  scouring /skˈaʊəɹɪŋ/
  umherstreifend
   see: scour, scoured, scours, scoured
  

  
/ˈskaʊɝɪŋ/

  140 Moby Thesaurus words for "scouring":
     ablation, ablution, abrasion, abrasive, afterglow, afterimage,
     attrition, balance, bones, buffing, burnishing, butt, butt end,
     candle ends, chafe, chaff, chafing, cleaning out, culm, deadwood,
     debris, detrition, detritus, dishwater, douche, douching, draff,
     dregs, dressing, dust, elution, elutriation, end, enema, erasure,
     erosion, fag end, filing, filings, flush, flushing, flushing out,
     fossil, fretting, galling, garbage, gash, grazing, grinding,
     hogwash, holdover, husks, irrigation, lathering, lavabo, lavage,
     lavation, laving, leavings, lees, leftovers, limation, mopping,
     mopping up, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings,
     polishing, potsherds, rags, rasping, raspings, refuse, relics,
     remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rinse,
     rinsing, roach, rubbing away, rubbish, ruins, rump, sandblasting,
     sanding, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scrape, scraping, scraps,
     scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scrubbing up, scuff, scum,
     shadow, shampoo, shards, shavings, shining, slack, slag, slop,
     slops, smoothing, soaping, sponge, sponging, straw, stubble, stump,
     survival, swabbing, sweepings, swill, tares, trace, vestige, wash,
     washing, washing up, washout, washup, wastage, waste, waste matter,
     wastepaper, wear, wearing away, weeds, wiping up
  
  

     n. 洗擦;渣滓;人渣