"scour" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskaʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskaʊɚ/ [General-American], /skaʊɹ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-scour.ogg [General-American], en-au-scour.ogg [Australia] Forms: scours [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ), -aʊ.ə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren (“to clean; to polish”) or Middle Low German schǖren, of uncertain origin but probably from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin scūrō, escūrō, excūrō (“to clean off”), from ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”) + cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), from cūra (“care, concern”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”)) + -ō. The word is cognate with Danish skure, Middle High German schüren, schiuren (modern German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)), Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), Swedish skura, Catalan escurar. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scouren|scǒuren|to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip}} Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), {{der|en|dum|scuren}} Middle Dutch scuren, {{m|dum|schuren||to clean; to polish}} schuren (“to clean; to polish”), {{cog|gml|schǖren}} Middle Low German schǖren, {{der|en|fro|escurer}} Old French escurer, {{der|en|ML.|scūrō}} Medieval Latin scūrō, {{m|la|escūrō}} escūrō, {{m|la|excūrō||to clean off}} excūrō (“to clean off”), {{m|la|ex-||prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’}} ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”), {{m|la|cūrō||to arrange, see to, take care of}} cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), {{m|la|cūra||care, concern}} cūra (“care, concern”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷeys-||to heed}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”), {{m|la|-ō}} -ō, {{cog|da|skure}} Danish skure, {{cog|gmh|schüren}} Middle High German schüren, {{m|gmh|schiuren}} schiuren, {{cog|de|scheuern||to scour, scrub; to chafe}} German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”), {{cog|no|skura||to scrub}} Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), {{cog|sv|skura}} Swedish skura, {{cog|ca|escurar}} Catalan escurar Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scour (countable and uncountable, plural scours)
  1. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water): Auswaschen [neuter] (German), Ausspülen [neuter] (German), Erosion [feminine] (German), lavaggio [masculine] (Italian), strofinata [feminine] (Italian), ripulita [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-noun-utIuQHd6 Disambiguation of 'removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water': 94 4 2
  2. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (place scoured out by running water): подмол (podmol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Auswaschung [feminine] (German), Erosionsfläche [feminine] (German), Ausspülung [feminine] (German), Kolk [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-noun-ixQM96kC Disambiguation of 'place scoured out by running water': 5 89 6
  3. A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scour-en-noun-QUHEYe1f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scower [obsolete] Derived forms: black scour, ice scour, toe scour, white scour
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈskaʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskaʊɚ/ [General-American], /skaʊɹ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-scour.ogg [General-American], en-au-scour.ogg [Australia] Forms: scours [present, singular, third-person], scouring [participle, present], scoured [participle, past], scoured [past]
Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ), -aʊ.ə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren (“to clean; to polish”) or Middle Low German schǖren, of uncertain origin but probably from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin scūrō, escūrō, excūrō (“to clean off”), from ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”) + cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), from cūra (“care, concern”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”)) + -ō. The word is cognate with Danish skure, Middle High German schüren, schiuren (modern German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)), Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), Swedish skura, Catalan escurar. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scouren|scǒuren|to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip}} Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), {{der|en|dum|scuren}} Middle Dutch scuren, {{m|dum|schuren||to clean; to polish}} schuren (“to clean; to polish”), {{cog|gml|schǖren}} Middle Low German schǖren, {{der|en|fro|escurer}} Old French escurer, {{der|en|ML.|scūrō}} Medieval Latin scūrō, {{m|la|escūrō}} escūrō, {{m|la|excūrō||to clean off}} excūrō (“to clean off”), {{m|la|ex-||prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’}} ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”), {{m|la|cūrō||to arrange, see to, take care of}} cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), {{m|la|cūra||care, concern}} cūra (“care, concern”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷeys-||to heed}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”), {{m|la|-ō}} -ō, {{cog|da|skure}} Danish skure, {{cog|gmh|schüren}} Middle High German schüren, {{m|gmh|schiuren}} schiuren, {{cog|de|scheuern||to scour, scrub; to chafe}} German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”), {{cog|no|skura||to scrub}} Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), {{cog|sv|skura}} Swedish skura, {{cog|ca|escurar}} Catalan escurar Head templates: {{en-verb}} scour (third-person singular simple present scours, present participle scouring, simple past and past participle scoured)
  1. (transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously): търкам (tǎrkam) (Bulgarian), жуля (žulja) (Bulgarian), escurar (Catalan), (caat³) (Chinese Cantonese), 擦洗 (cāxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 冲刷 (chōngshuā) (Chinese Mandarin), 淘洗 (cāxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), schuren (Dutch), frotpurigi (Esperanto), récurer (French), verrer (French), scheuern (German), reinigen (German), putzen (German), abbürsten (German), abreiben (German), ausscheuern (German), wegscheuern (German), blankscheuern (German), kratzen (German), wegkratzen (German), schrubben (German), fegen (German), मांजना (māñjnā) (Hindi), sikál (Hungarian), súrol (Hungarian), suvickol (Hungarian), strofinare (Italian), lucidare (Italian), pulire (Italian), strigliare (Italian), ripulire (Italian), raschiare (Italian), grattare (Italian), 磨ぐ (migaku) (alt: みがく) (Japanese), kowani (Maori), ūkui (Maori), rari (Maori), skrubbe (Norwegian), skure (Norwegian), szorować [imperfective] (Polish), wyszorować [perfective] (Polish), curăța (Romanian), отска́бливать (otskáblivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отскобли́ть (otskoblítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отчища́ть (otčiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отчи́стить (otčístitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отдра́ивать (otdráivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отдра́ить (otdráitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ribati (Serbo-Croatian), рибати (Serbo-Croatian), fregar (Spanish), refregar (Spanish), restregar (Spanish), skura (Swedish), skrubba (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-myv-sf54 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 1 3 6 31 1 3 2 38 1 14 0 Disambiguation of 'to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously': 77 2 6 5 10
  2. (transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove debris and dirt by purging): отмивам (otmivam) (Bulgarian), spülen (German), durchspülen (German), wegspülen (German), abspülen (German), ausspülen (German)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-WxVIe3SD Disambiguation of 'to remove debris and dirt by purging': 2 76 13 7 2
  3. (transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Veterinary medicine Translations (to clear the digestive tract): purgeren (Dutch), purger (French), purgar (Spanish), laxera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-edN~Iajy Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology Disambiguation of 'to clear the digestive tract': 3 1 84 10 1
  4. (transitive, intransitive, veterinary medicine) To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Veterinary medicine
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-wRwNJ4YY Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
  5. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To cleanse (something) without rubbing. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-YRfYD35n Disambiguation of Hygiene: 1 3 6 31 1 3 2 38 1 14 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scower [obsolete] Derived forms: scourage, scourer, scouring pad, scouring powder, scouring rush, unscoured Related terms: scullery
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈskaʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskaʊɚ/ [General-American], /skaʊɹ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-scour.ogg [General-American], en-au-scour.ogg [Australia] Forms: scours [present, singular, third-person], scouring [participle, present], scoured [participle, past], scoured [past]
Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ), -aʊ.ə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English scǒuren, scure, skoure (“to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies”), from scǒur (“attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering”), from Old Norse skýra (“to rush in”) and skúr (“a shower; a shower of missiles”), perhaps influenced by the verb scǒuren: see etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scouren|scǒuren}} Middle English scǒuren, {{m|enm|scure}} scure, {{m|enm|skoure||to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies}} skoure (“to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies”), {{m|enm|scour|scǒur|attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering}} scǒur (“attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering”), {{der|en|non|skýra||to rush in}} Old Norse skýra (“to rush in”), {{m|non|skúr||a shower; a shower of missiles}} skúr (“a shower; a shower of missiles”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} scour (third-person singular simple present scours, present participle scouring, simple past and past participle scoured)
  1. (transitive) To search an area thoroughly. Tags: transitive Translations (to search an area thoroughly): претърсвам (pretǎrsvam) (Bulgarian), afschuimen (Dutch), écumer (French), passer au peigne fin (French), absuchen (German), sondieren (German), abkämmen (German), durchkämmen (German), durchsuchen (German), durchforsten (German), durchstreifen (German), perlustrare (Italian), setacciare (Italian), rastrellare (Italian), battere (Italian), pervēnor (Latin), haurapa (Maori), finkjemme (Norwegian), ры́скать (rýskatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прочёсывать (pročósyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прочеса́ть (pročesátʹ) (alt: ме́стность) [perfective] (Russian), prečesati (Slovene), peinar (Spanish), rastrillar (Spanish), batir (Spanish), genomsöka (Swedish), gumalugad (Tagalog), galugarin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-J6goRbEm Disambiguation of 'to search an area thoroughly': 98 1 1
  2. (intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits, Hygiene Translations (to run with speed): fuggire (Italian), darsela a gambe (Italian), schizzare via (Italian)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-NdVxLD9A Disambiguation of Gaits: 6 5 8 15 5 4 6 17 4 22 7 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 1 3 6 31 1 3 2 38 1 14 0 Disambiguation of 'to run with speed': 2 98 0
  3. (transitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along. Tags: transitive Translations (to move swiftly over): профучавам (profučavam) (Bulgarian), spazzolare (Italian), strigliare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-scour-en-verb-pnHch04s Disambiguation of 'to move swiftly over': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scower [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "He scoured the burnt food from the pan.",
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        {
          "ref": "1751, John Upton, A Letter Concerning a New Edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene. To Gilbert West, Esq., London: […] G. Hawkins, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 36",
          "text": "If tranſcribers and printers, or editors, will be perpetually varying from the ſpelling of their author, we ſhall neceſſarily have a conſtant ſource of corruption: for by this alteration, which inſenſibly goes on from ſmaller to greater things, that antique caſt is loſt, which of itſelf carries ſo venerable an aſpect; and our modern editors, in this reſpect, reſemble the officious ſervant of the late learned antiquary Dr. Woodward, who in ſcowering off the ruſt from an old ſhield, which his maſter had juſt purchaſed, made it more reſemble the new ſcowered cover of an old kettle, than the ſhield of an ancient heroe.",
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          "ref": "1815, Charles Smith, “Of the Most Remarkable Fossils Discovered in this County”, in The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork. […], new edition, volume II, Cork, Munster, Ireland: […] John Connor, […], →OCLC, paragraph 2, page 391",
          "text": "A light brown sand, of an exceeding fine grain, almost impalpable, from the river Sullane, near New-bridge, where it is found in plenty. It scours brass without scratching, cleans silver, and is excellent for casting the finer works, both of the brazier and silversmith.",
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        "(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent."
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          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "tǎrkam",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "търкам"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "žulja",
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          "word": "жуля"
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          "word": "escurar"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "caat³",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "擦"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cāxǐ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "擦洗"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chōngshuā",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "冲刷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cāxǐ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "淘洗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "schuren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "frotpurigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "récurer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "verrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "scheuern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "reinigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "putzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "abbürsten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "abreiben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "ausscheuern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "wegscheuern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "blankscheuern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "kratzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "wegkratzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "schrubben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "fegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "māñjnā",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "मांजना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "sikál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "súrol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "suvickol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "strofinare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "lucidare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "pulire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "strigliare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "ripulire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "raschiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "grattare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "alt": "みがく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "migaku",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "磨ぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "kowani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "ūkui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "rari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "skrubbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "skure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "szorować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyszorować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "curăța"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otskáblivatʹ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отска́бливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otskoblítʹ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отскобли́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otčiščátʹ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отчища́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otčístitʹ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отчи́стить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otdráivatʹ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отдра́ивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otdráitʹ",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отдра́ить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "ribati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "рибати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "fregar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "refregar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "restregar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "skura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 2 6 5 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
          "word": "skrubba"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1865, Hugh Leonard, “Upper Section.—The James and Mary Shoals.”, in Report on the River Hooghly, [...] Bengal, 1865, London: […] George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, →OCLC, paragraph 92, page 28",
          "text": "It has already been explained that the ebb tide in the Hooghly is a much more powerful scouring agent than the flood tide, that the tide therefore should be used for scouring a channel in preference to the flood whenever it is practicable to use it, hence it is to the body of ebbing water that scours out the fine channel from Akelmeg to Crossing Creek that attention will be principally directed, and not to the flood that scours the channel near the Roopnarain entrance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water."
      ],
      "id": "en-scour-en-verb-WxVIe3SD",
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        [
          "remove",
          "remove#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "debris",
          "debris"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "purging",
          "purging"
        ],
        [
          "sweep",
          "sweep#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 76 13 7 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otmivam",
          "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
          "word": "отмивам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 76 13 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
          "word": "spülen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 76 13 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
          "word": "durchspülen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 76 13 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
          "word": "wegspülen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 76 13 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
          "word": "abspülen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 76 13 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
          "word": "ausspülen"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Veterinary medicine",
          "orig": "en:Veterinary medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to scour a horse",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge."
      ],
      "id": "en-scour-en-verb-edN~Iajy",
      "links": [
        [
          "veterinary medicine",
          "veterinary medicine"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "digestive tract",
          "digestive tract"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "administer",
          "administer"
        ],
        [
          "medication",
          "medication"
        ],
        [
          "induce",
          "induce"
        ],
        [
          "defecation",
          "defecation"
        ],
        [
          "vomiting",
          "vomiting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "purge",
          "purge#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "pathology",
        "sciences",
        "veterinary",
        "zoology"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 84 10 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
          "word": "purgeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 84 10 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
          "word": "purger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 84 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
          "word": "purgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 84 10 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
          "word": "laxera"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Veterinary medicine",
          "orig": "en:Veterinary medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "If a lamb is scouring, do not delay treatment.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1862, Augustus Voelcker, “X.—On the Scouring Lands of Central Somerset. [...] [Report of an Investigation Made at the Request of the Council of the Bath and West of England Society.]”, in Journal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume X, part I, London: James Ridgway, […], →OCLC, section 3 (Examination of the Water Theory), page 191",
          "text": "It has been stated by trustworthy authorities that certain waters in the lias-formation possess scouring properties. […] Mr. Clarke likewise mentions two cases. \"In one instance,\" he says, \"a large piece of pasture-land was found to scour the cows kept upon it, to the great loss of the occupier, until he hit upon the expedient of cutting off the supply of spring-water from a neighbouring brook, and confining the supply to the rain-water held in the ditches,—the result of which has been that very little of the disorder has since appeared upon the land referred to.[…]\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery."
      ],
      "id": "en-scour-en-verb-wRwNJ4YY",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "veterinary medicine",
          "veterinary medicine"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "livestock",
          "livestock"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "diarrhoea",
          "diarrhoea"
        ],
        [
          "dysentery",
          "dysentery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, veterinary medicine) To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "pathology",
        "sciences",
        "veterinary",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 6 31 1 3 2 38 1 14 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "en:Hygiene",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1805 August, Bouillon Lagrange, “Extract from a Memoir on the Steeping of Wool, and the Influence of Its Different States on Dyeing. […]”, in The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, volume XXXIX (Second Series), London: Printed for J. Wyatt, […], →OCLC, page 222",
          "text": "Flanders soap is the substance which appeared to act in the most advantageous manner; it scowers very speedily, and gives wool a degree of whiteness which it is extremely difficult to produce by any other means.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cleanse (something) without rubbing."
      ],
      "id": "en-scour-en-verb-YRfYD35n",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "cleanse",
          "cleanse#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "rubbing",
          "rub#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To cleanse (something) without rubbing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ.ə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "word": "scower"
    }
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "black scour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ice scour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schǖren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French escurer",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
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      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin scūrō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
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    },
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ex-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cūrō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to arrange, see to, take care of"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cūra",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "cūra (“care, concern”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷeys-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to heed"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ō"
      },
      "expansion": "-ō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skure"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skure",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schüren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schüren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schiuren"
      },
      "expansion": "schiuren",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "scheuern",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to scour, scrub; to chafe"
      },
      "expansion": "German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "skura",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to scrub"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian skura (“to scrub”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skura"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skura",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "escurar"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan escurar",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren (“to clean; to polish”) or Middle Low German schǖren, of uncertain origin but probably from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin scūrō, escūrō, excūrō (“to clean off”), from ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”) + cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), from cūra (“care, concern”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”)) + -ō.\nThe word is cognate with Danish skure, Middle High German schüren, schiuren (modern German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)), Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), Swedish skura, Catalan escurar.",
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      "form": "scours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
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    "scour"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "text": "Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the structure.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1845, John Meryon, “An Account of the Origin and Formation of the Harbour of the Ancient Town of Rye; […]”, in John Weale, editor, Quarterly Papers on Engineering, volume IV, number VII, London: John Weale […], →OCLC, Section IV (Of the Four Sluices, and on Their Comparative Good and Evil Effects on Their Respective Channels. Of the Alleged Danger of an Open Channel. Of the Wicked Perversion of Harbour Funds to Individual Profit.), page 77",
          "text": "The general manner of working this sluice is to take in every alternate tide during the high tides in dry weather, and to let them off for scours for the harbour. In wet weather, or during neap tides, no scours are kept back, nor is it of any consequence to the harbour if no tides are suffered to pass up through the sluice at such times.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "July 12 2023, “Network News: US bridge collapse highlights dangers of river scour”, in RAIL, number 987, page 11",
          "text": "It is believed that scour, caused by record river flows as a result of snow melt and heavy rainfall, triggered the collapse of the Yellowstone Twin River Bridges in Stillwater County, Montana, on June 24.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        [
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          "sediment"
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        [
          "caused",
          "cause#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ],
        [
          "moving",
          "moving#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Auswaschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ausspülen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erosion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lavaggio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strofinata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ripulita"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1825, Pierce Egan, “The Chub, or Chevin”, in Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected; […], new considerably enlarged and improved edition, London: […] Sherwood, Jones and Co. […], →OCLC, page 220",
          "text": "Fish as near the middle of the stream as you can in the spring months, and also on the shallows and scowers; but in the winter, in deep holes; let the bait drag two or three inches on the ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1881, Grant Allen, “Speckled Trout”, in The Evolutionist at Large, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, pages 115–116",
          "text": "Trout always have a recognised home of their own, inhabited by a pretty fixed number of individuals. If you catch the two sole denizens of a particular scour, you will find another pair installed in their place to-morrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-scour-en-noun-ixQM96kC",
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        [
          "bed",
          "bed#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "waterfall",
          "waterfall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podmol",
          "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "подмол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Auswaschung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erosionsfläche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausspülung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 89 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kolk"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "19 September 1984, Bill [William David] Sutton, “Address in Reply”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 1984: House of Representatives, volume 457, Wellington: P. D. Hasselberg, government printer, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 327",
          "text": "I am particularly interested in the wool processing indusries, which make a major contribution to the Hawke's Bay regional economy. There are five wool scours in the area, all of them located within the Hawke's Bay electorate. […] I am pleased to report that the prototype Drycom system was given its first full trial at the UEB Awatoto scour in Hawke's Bay.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing."
      ],
      "id": "en-scour-en-noun-QUHEYe1f",
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        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
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        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "grease",
          "grease#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "impurities",
          "impurity"
        ],
        [
          "processing",
          "processing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/En-au-scour.ogg",
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        "Australia"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
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}

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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "scure",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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        "4": "a shower; a shower of missiles"
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scǒuren, scure, skoure (“to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies”), from scǒur (“attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering”), from Old Norse skýra (“to rush in”) and skúr (“a shower; a shower of missiles”), perhaps influenced by the verb scǒuren: see etymology 1.",
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    {
      "form": "scouring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scoured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "scoured",
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    "scour"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [],
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          "text": "They scoured the scene of the crime for clues.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To search an area thoroughly."
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        [
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        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To search an area thoroughly."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pretǎrsvam",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "претърсвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "afschuimen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "écumer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "passer au peigne fin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "absuchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "sondieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "abkämmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "durchkämmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "durchsuchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "durchforsten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "durchstreifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "perlustrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "setacciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "rastrellare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "battere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "pervēnor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "haurapa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "finkjemme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rýskatʹ",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ры́скать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pročósyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прочёсывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pročesátʹ",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прочеса́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "prečesati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "peinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "rastrillar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "batir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "genomsöka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "gumalugad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
          "word": "galugarin"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "6 5 8 15 5 4 6 17 4 22 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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            "Body",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 3 6 31 1 3 2 38 1 14 0",
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            "Body",
            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "To run with speed; to scurry."
      ],
      "id": "en-scour-en-verb-NdVxLD9A",
      "links": [
        [
          "run",
          "run#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "scurry",
          "scurry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to run with speed",
          "word": "fuggire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to run with speed",
          "word": "darsela a gambe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to run with speed",
          "word": "schizzare via"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1844 March, W[illiam] S[tarbuck] Mayo, “The Bedouin”, in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, volume XIV, number LXIX, Washington, D.C.: Langtree & [John Louis] O'Sullivan, →OCLC, page 290",
          "text": "We near him! We near him [an ostrich]! Ah, laggard, 'tis vain / That with rapid feet casting the dusty clouds back, / In circles wide wheeling, thou scourest the plain, / For Ayoud, untiring, is close on thy track.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To move swiftly over; to brush along."
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      "id": "en-scour-en-verb-pnHch04s",
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        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ],
        [
          "brush",
          "brush#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "profučavam",
          "sense": "to move swiftly over",
          "word": "профучавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to move swiftly over",
          "word": "spazzolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to move swiftly over",
          "word": "strigliare"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/skaʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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    }
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}
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    "en:Hygiene"
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      "word": "scourage"
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    {
      "word": "scourer"
    },
    {
      "word": "scouring pad"
    },
    {
      "word": "scouring powder"
    },
    {
      "word": "scouring rush"
    },
    {
      "word": "unscoured"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "-ō",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish skure",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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    },
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        "3": "",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scouring",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    "scour"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scullery"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "He scoured the burnt food from the pan.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1751, John Upton, A Letter Concerning a New Edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene. To Gilbert West, Esq., London: […] G. Hawkins, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 36",
          "text": "If tranſcribers and printers, or editors, will be perpetually varying from the ſpelling of their author, we ſhall neceſſarily have a conſtant ſource of corruption: for by this alteration, which inſenſibly goes on from ſmaller to greater things, that antique caſt is loſt, which of itſelf carries ſo venerable an aſpect; and our modern editors, in this reſpect, reſemble the officious ſervant of the late learned antiquary Dr. Woodward, who in ſcowering off the ruſt from an old ſhield, which his maſter had juſt purchaſed, made it more reſemble the new ſcowered cover of an old kettle, than the ſhield of an ancient heroe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1815, Charles Smith, “Of the Most Remarkable Fossils Discovered in this County”, in The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork. […], new edition, volume II, Cork, Munster, Ireland: […] John Connor, […], →OCLC, paragraph 2, page 391",
          "text": "A light brown sand, of an exceeding fine grain, almost impalpable, from the river Sullane, near New-bridge, where it is found in plenty. It scours brass without scratching, cleans silver, and is excellent for casting the finer works, both of the brazier and silversmith.",
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          "clean#Verb"
        ],
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          "polish#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "wash",
          "wash#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "rubbing",
          "rub#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "scrubbing",
          "scrub#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "vigorously",
          "vigorously"
        ],
        [
          "abrasive",
          "abrasive#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cleaning",
          "cleaning#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1865, Hugh Leonard, “Upper Section.—The James and Mary Shoals.”, in Report on the River Hooghly, [...] Bengal, 1865, London: […] George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, →OCLC, paragraph 92, page 28",
          "text": "It has already been explained that the ebb tide in the Hooghly is a much more powerful scouring agent than the flood tide, that the tide therefore should be used for scouring a channel in preference to the flood whenever it is practicable to use it, hence it is to the body of ebbing water that scours out the fine channel from Akelmeg to Crossing Creek that attention will be principally directed, and not to the flood that scours the channel near the Roopnarain entrance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "debris",
          "debris"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "purging",
          "purging"
        ],
        [
          "sweep",
          "sweep#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Veterinary medicine"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "to scour a horse",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge."
      ],
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        [
          "veterinary medicine",
          "veterinary medicine"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear#Verb"
        ],
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          "digestive tract",
          "digestive tract"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "administer",
          "administer"
        ],
        [
          "medication",
          "medication"
        ],
        [
          "induce",
          "induce"
        ],
        [
          "defecation",
          "defecation"
        ],
        [
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          "vomiting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "purge",
          "purge#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "pathology",
        "sciences",
        "veterinary",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Veterinary medicine"
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        {
          "text": "If a lamb is scouring, do not delay treatment.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1862, Augustus Voelcker, “X.—On the Scouring Lands of Central Somerset. [...] [Report of an Investigation Made at the Request of the Council of the Bath and West of England Society.]”, in Journal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume X, part I, London: James Ridgway, […], →OCLC, section 3 (Examination of the Water Theory), page 191",
          "text": "It has been stated by trustworthy authorities that certain waters in the lias-formation possess scouring properties. […] Mr. Clarke likewise mentions two cases. \"In one instance,\" he says, \"a large piece of pasture-land was found to scour the cows kept upon it, to the great loss of the occupier, until he hit upon the expedient of cutting off the supply of spring-water from a neighbouring brook, and confining the supply to the rain-water held in the ditches,—the result of which has been that very little of the disorder has since appeared upon the land referred to.[…]\"",
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        }
      ],
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        "To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery."
      ],
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        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "veterinary medicine",
          "veterinary medicine"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "livestock",
          "livestock"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "diarrhoea",
          "diarrhoea"
        ],
        [
          "dysentery",
          "dysentery"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, veterinary medicine) To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "pathology",
        "sciences",
        "veterinary",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1805 August, Bouillon Lagrange, “Extract from a Memoir on the Steeping of Wool, and the Influence of Its Different States on Dyeing. […]”, in The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, volume XXXIX (Second Series), London: Printed for J. Wyatt, […], →OCLC, page 222",
          "text": "Flanders soap is the substance which appeared to act in the most advantageous manner; it scowers very speedily, and gives wool a degree of whiteness which it is extremely difficult to produce by any other means.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To cleanse (something) without rubbing."
      ],
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        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
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          "cleanse",
          "cleanse#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "rubbing",
          "rub#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To cleanse (something) without rubbing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aʊ.ə(ɹ)"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "scower"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎrkam",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "търкам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žulja",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "жуля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "escurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "caat³",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "擦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cāxǐ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "擦洗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chōngshuā",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "冲刷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cāxǐ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "淘洗"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "schuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "frotpurigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "récurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "verrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "scheuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "reinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "putzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "abbürsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "abreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "ausscheuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "wegscheuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "blankscheuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "kratzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "wegkratzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "schrubben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "fegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "māñjnā",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "मांजना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "sikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "súrol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "suvickol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "strofinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "lucidare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "pulire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "strigliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "ripulire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "raschiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "grattare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "migaku",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "磨ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "kowani"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "ūkui"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "rari"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "skrubbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "skure"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "szorować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyszorować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "curăța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otskáblivatʹ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отска́бливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otskoblítʹ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отскобли́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отчища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčístitʹ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отчи́стить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdráivatʹ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отдра́ивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdráitʹ",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отдра́ить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "ribati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "рибати"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "fregar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "refregar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "restregar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "skura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously",
      "word": "skrubba"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otmivam",
      "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
      "word": "отмивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
      "word": "spülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
      "word": "durchspülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
      "word": "wegspülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
      "word": "abspülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove debris and dirt by purging",
      "word": "ausspülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
      "word": "purgeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
      "word": "purger"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
      "word": "purgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clear the digestive tract",
      "word": "laxera"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "en:Hygiene"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "black scour"
    },
    {
      "word": "ice scour"
    },
    {
      "word": "toe scour"
    },
    {
      "word": "white scour"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "scuren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch scuren",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "schuren",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to clean; to polish"
      },
      "expansion": "schuren (“to clean; to polish”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "schǖren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schǖren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "escurer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French escurer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "scūrō"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin scūrō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "escūrō"
      },
      "expansion": "escūrō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "excūrō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to clean off"
      },
      "expansion": "excūrō (“to clean off”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ex-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’"
      },
      "expansion": "ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cūrō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to arrange, see to, take care of"
      },
      "expansion": "cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cūra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "care, concern"
      },
      "expansion": "cūra (“care, concern”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷeys-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to heed"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ō"
      },
      "expansion": "-ō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skure"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skure",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schüren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schüren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schiuren"
      },
      "expansion": "schiuren",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "scheuern",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to scour, scrub; to chafe"
      },
      "expansion": "German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "skura",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to scrub"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian skura (“to scrub”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skura"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skura",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "escurar"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan escurar",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    "scour"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the structure.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1845, John Meryon, “An Account of the Origin and Formation of the Harbour of the Ancient Town of Rye; […]”, in John Weale, editor, Quarterly Papers on Engineering, volume IV, number VII, London: John Weale […], →OCLC, Section IV (Of the Four Sluices, and on Their Comparative Good and Evil Effects on Their Respective Channels. Of the Alleged Danger of an Open Channel. Of the Wicked Perversion of Harbour Funds to Individual Profit.), page 77",
          "text": "The general manner of working this sluice is to take in every alternate tide during the high tides in dry weather, and to let them off for scours for the harbour. In wet weather, or during neap tides, no scours are kept back, nor is it of any consequence to the harbour if no tides are suffered to pass up through the sluice at such times.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "July 12 2023, “Network News: US bridge collapse highlights dangers of river scour”, in RAIL, number 987, page 11",
          "text": "It is believed that scour, caused by record river flows as a result of snow melt and heavy rainfall, triggered the collapse of the Yellowstone Twin River Bridges in Stillwater County, Montana, on June 24.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "sediment",
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ],
        [
          "moving",
          "moving#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1825, Pierce Egan, “The Chub, or Chevin”, in Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected; […], new considerably enlarged and improved edition, London: […] Sherwood, Jones and Co. […], →OCLC, page 220",
          "text": "Fish as near the middle of the stream as you can in the spring months, and also on the shallows and scowers; but in the winter, in deep holes; let the bait drag two or three inches on the ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1881, Grant Allen, “Speckled Trout”, in The Evolutionist at Large, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, pages 115–116",
          "text": "Trout always have a recognised home of their own, inhabited by a pretty fixed number of individuals. If you catch the two sole denizens of a particular scour, you will find another pair installed in their place to-morrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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          "running#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "bed",
          "bed#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "waterfall",
          "waterfall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "19 September 1984, Bill [William David] Sutton, “Address in Reply”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 1984: House of Representatives, volume 457, Wellington: P. D. Hasselberg, government printer, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 327",
          "text": "I am particularly interested in the wool processing indusries, which make a major contribution to the Hawke's Bay regional economy. There are five wool scours in the area, all of them located within the Hawke's Bay electorate. […] I am pleased to report that the prototype Drycom system was given its first full trial at the UEB Awatoto scour in Hawke's Bay.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
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        [
          "washed",
          "wash#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "grease",
          "grease#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "impurities",
          "impurity"
        ],
        [
          "processing",
          "processing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ.ə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "scower"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Auswaschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ausspülen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erosion"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lavaggio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strofinata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ripulita"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podmol",
      "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подмол"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auswaschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erosionsfläche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausspülung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place scoured out by running water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kolk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scour"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Gaits",
    "en:Hygiene"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "scouren",
        "4": "scǒuren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English scǒuren",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "scure"
      },
      "expansion": "scure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "skoure",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies"
      },
      "expansion": "skoure (“to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "scour",
        "3": "scǒur",
        "4": "attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering"
      },
      "expansion": "scǒur (“attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "skýra",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to rush in"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skýra (“to rush in”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skúr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a shower; a shower of missiles"
      },
      "expansion": "skúr (“a shower; a shower of missiles”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scǒuren, scure, skoure (“to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies”), from scǒur (“attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering”), from Old Norse skýra (“to rush in”) and skúr (“a shower; a shower of missiles”), perhaps influenced by the verb scǒuren: see etymology 1.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scours",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scouring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scour (third-person singular simple present scours, present participle scouring, simple past and past participle scoured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "scour"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They scoured the scene of the crime for clues.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search an area thoroughly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "thoroughly",
          "thoroughly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To search an area thoroughly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To run with speed; to scurry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "run",
          "run#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "scurry",
          "scurry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1844 March, W[illiam] S[tarbuck] Mayo, “The Bedouin”, in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, volume XIV, number LXIX, Washington, D.C.: Langtree & [John Louis] O'Sullivan, →OCLC, page 290",
          "text": "We near him! We near him [an ostrich]! Ah, laggard, 'tis vain / That with rapid feet casting the dusty clouds back, / In circles wide wheeling, thou scourest the plain, / For Ayoud, untiring, is close on thy track.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move swiftly over; to brush along."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "swiftly",
          "swiftly"
        ],
        [
          "brush",
          "brush#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskaʊɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ.ə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scour.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/En-us-scour.ogg/En-us-scour.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/En-us-scour.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-scour.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/En-au-scour.ogg/En-au-scour.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/En-au-scour.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "scower"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pretǎrsvam",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "претърсвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "afschuimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "écumer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "passer au peigne fin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "absuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "sondieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "abkämmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "durchkämmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "durchsuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "durchforsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "durchstreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "perlustrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "setacciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "rastrellare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "battere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "pervēnor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "haurapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "finkjemme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rýskatʹ",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ры́скать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pročósyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прочёсывать"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ме́стность",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pročesátʹ",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прочеса́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "prečesati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "peinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "rastrillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "batir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "genomsöka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "gumalugad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to search an area thoroughly",
      "word": "galugarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to run with speed",
      "word": "fuggire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to run with speed",
      "word": "darsela a gambe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to run with speed",
      "word": "schizzare via"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "profučavam",
      "sense": "to move swiftly over",
      "word": "профучавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to move swiftly over",
      "word": "spazzolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to move swiftly over",
      "word": "strigliare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scour"
}

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