scoured

[skou^uhrd, skou-erd]

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adjective

cleansed or polished by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material.
American society, through advertising, associates the scent of lemon with a freshly scoured kitchen.
cleared or dug out, as by the force of water, glaciers, etc..
Muskeget Channel, located between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, is a deeply scoured channel with strong tidal currents.
(of cotton, wool, etc.) cleaned or made free of impurities, debris, etc., by or as if by washing.
When dried, the scoured wool is usually carded and combed before the process of spinning.
cleared or made free of anything undesirable; cleansed.
It is from a scoured soul and a sober heart that prayer is engaged.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of scour.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scoured¹

scour ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Internet sleuths scoured the web for anyone who, like Tran, had appeared alongside the flag of South Vietnam and attacked them.

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In 2021, he joined Antiques Road Trip where he scoured antique shops for treasures, competing to make the most money at auction and always wearing one of his trademark hats.

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George Kaplan, a personal assistant for Combs from 2013 to 2015, told jurors he was a cleanup man who tossed out liquor bottles and narcotics and scoured the scene for items from freak offs.

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Investigators scoured thousands of phone records and interrogated over 100 people, including one man who had made a threatening call after Reema's engagement - but nothing stuck.

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People from throughout Mexico scoured — and continue to scour — the prosecutor’s site in desperate efforts to find any clues.

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