Meaning & use
Scours
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Cleans a surface thoroughly by rubbing hard with an abrasive, or searches an area or source thoroughly.
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She scours the pans with steel wool until they gleam.
The detective scours the crime scene for any trace of evidence.
A note on using this word
As a separate noun, "scours" also names a diarrheal illness common in young livestock, unrelated to the cleaning sense.
Words with a similar meaning
scrubssearches
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An intestinal disease causing diarrhea in young farm animals such as calves.
The vet treated the calf for scours after it stopped feeding properly.
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