scoured

[ skouuhrd, skou-erd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 ¹.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scoured¹

scour ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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In the aftermath of the January fires, investigators have scoured each part of the trail and hillside, breaking it down into a grid.

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That night she had seen people talking on Twitter about seeing Odom, then scoured the #LamarOdom hashtag to get clues to his location.

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He has scoured the global legal literature for examples that could serve as precedents for applying legislation to dark skies.

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I even scoured the real estate section of the classifieds for potential store-fronts, convinced I just had to find the listings other people overlooked.

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Irvine stopped to point out some Imagineering crafted grates, which hide utilities with astrological flourishes, and said she scoured antique shops from “Pasadena to Temecula” looking for items that would fit.

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scour scourer

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