scour Значение & определение

Значение на scour на български

• 0 to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough:

  • You'll have to scour out those old cooking pots before you use them.

• 1 to search a place or thing very carefully in order to try to find something:

  • The police are scouring the area for the missing child.

  • I scoured the shops for a blue and white shirt, but I couldn't find one anywhere.

• 2 (of farm animals, especially cows and pigs) to have diarrhoea:

  • Several calves were scouring and one died within days.

• 3 an act of removing dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough:

  • A quick scour with salt and an old toothbrush is a simple way to freshen up stained cups.

• 4 a search:

  • We need as many volunteers as possible for a scour of the beach to pick up everything that shouldn't be there.

  • A scour of the recent headlines could be a little concerning for shareholders.

• 5 a process in which the continuous movement of water gradually forms a hole in the sediments (= sand, stones, etc.) in a river, etc., or the sediments themselves:

  • Huge scour marks in the bed of the Channel could have been created only by a giant torrent of water.

  • Another $20 million will be spent to replace the scour, or riverbed material, just downriver from the dam.

• 6 diarrhoea in farm animals, especially cows and pigs:

  • Scour in young calves is caused mainly by parasites and viruses.

  • Of the three animals, one had died of scours and several others appeared ill.

• 7 to clean something by rubbing it hard with rough cleaning material:

  • We scoured the pots and pans with pads of steel wool.

• 8 to search a place or thing very carefully:

  • Police are scouring the countryside for the missing child.