scoured

[skou^uhrd, skou-erd]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. (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.

4. cleared or made free of anything undesirable; cleansed.

   It is from a scoured soul and a sober heart that prayer is engaged.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of scour.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scoured¹

scour ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

As officials scoured the site for clues, authorities acknowledged the agonizing wait for the families of those missing.

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The Inyo County Sheriff’s office, working with Inyo County Search and Rescue, scoured the area around Temple Crag with no success.

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In the first weeks of the investigation, search teams scoured an isolated field in Moreno Valley.

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That’s why, as Missouri’s QB battle has unfolded this preseason, Gasparino scoured Missouri recruiting site message boards and local news outlets, looking for any indication of which way the program was leaning.

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Over the weekend, search teams scoured an isolated field in Moreno Valley.

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