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# scour

verb (scour, scours, scoured, scouring)

«scour» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To scour is to rub something hard until it is clean and shiny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scour/#m1)
2. To scour is to search every part of a place carefully and quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scour/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the lessons, «scour the country» or «scour the jungle» means search every part of a place for someone or something; in tales the baker scours the oven

### Examples

- We scour the pans after supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scour/#x1)
- The police scoured the woods for the lost dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scour/#x2)
- Mum scours the sink every Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scour/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scour.html) on Mova free.