verb
- to clean or polish by rubbing hard with something rough
- to search thoroughly through an area
- to move quickly over or through something, wearing it away
noun
- severe diarrhea, especially in livestock
Usage: veterinary
Examples
- She scours the pots and pans until they shine.
- The detective scoured the crime scene for clues.
- Police scoured the neighborhood looking for the missing child.
- The river scours the canyon walls during flood season.
- Wind and rain scour the mountainside over time.
- The farmer called the vet when his cattle developed scours.
- I need to scour this stain out of the carpet.
- Researchers scoured old documents for historical evidence.