scoured

[ skouuhrd, skou-erd ]

/ skaʊərd, ˈskaʊ ərd /

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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 scour¹.

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Origin of scoured

scour¹ + -ed²

Words nearby scoured

Scotty, Scotus, scoundrel, scoundrelly, scour, scoured, scourer, scourge, scouring pad, scouring rush, scourings

How to use scoured in a sentence

Their customers now understand those risks, too, if they’ve spent hours scouring stores for toilet paper or months waiting for a new refrigerator.
What changes after covid-19? I’m betting on everything.|Megan McArdle|November 29, 2020|Washington Post
They scoured deeds, newspaper stories and genealogical documents to discover who had lived in it.
This might be Washington’s oldest house, but it came from New England|John Kelly|November 28, 2020|Washington Post
Encouraging vaccine news has Wall Street searching for stocks to play the rebound—scouring the market for names that have been beaten up amid the pandemic but poised to boom once things return to normal.
Bet on these stocks for the millennial-powered COVID recovery, says Goldman’s Katie Koch|Anne Sraders|November 28, 2020|Fortune
Things to consider when buying wireless headphonesAs you begin your journey towards wireless listening, there are a few things you should keep in mind when scouring the virtual shelves.
Best wireless headphones: Five things to consider|Carsen Joenk|November 25, 2020|Popular-Science

When the pandemic began in March, he scoured studies in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and other top-flight medical journals, preparing himself, and his county, for the virus’s arrival.
Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a Ventilator.|by Annie Waldman and Heather Vogell|November 23, 2020|ProPublica
There is a large area to be scoured and the amount of time the airplane can spend over its assigned zone is critical.
Was MH370 Carrying Killer Cargo?|Clive Irving|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once the sand was plowed back onto the beaches, volunteers scoured it for any flotsam that got through the sifting machines.
Superstorm Who? Sandy’s Hard-Hit Beach Towns Reopen for Business|Eliza Shapiro, Josh Dzieza|May 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nasaw has had full access to family documents and scoured the archives.
“The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life|Jacob Heilbrunn|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
My captors scoured the web for information about me and discovered our history in Bosnia.
Richard Holbrooke's Last Mission in Afghanistan by David Rohde|David Rohde|November 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Investigators scoured the area over the weekend, questioning her family and friends.
French Aristocrat Murder Mystery|Dana Kennedy|April 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The day dawned with a steady drizzle of rain, and, after a poor attempt at breakfast, I scoured the neighbourhood for a taxi.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
They scoured every main artery and side road and cart track for miles in every direction, he and Johnny the Itch.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Again the smoothbore roared and a handful of balls scoured another thicket.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
The loyalist forces now scoured the insurgent districts, and it was found impossible to prevent many excesses from taking place.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
He supposed they had scoured all Jursa for a real beauty to dazzle him; but they would discover that it would not work.
The Envoy, Her|Horace Brown Fyfe

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