Scour
- 1.
- (COLLOQUIAL) Scour the earth រកសុសសព្វ
verb — past tense: scoured ; past participle: scoured ; present participle: scouring ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ something (out) (to clean by vigorous rubbing, to were away by rubbing; to flush out) សំអាត, ត្រដុស, ជួត, ដុសខាត់, បារ, ខ្វារ, ដុសសំអាត, scour the floor ដុះលាង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
- 2.
- The act of scouring.
- 3.
- A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.
verb — past tense: scoured ; past participle: scoured ; present participle: scouring ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To clean anything by rubbing.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To purge; as, to scour a horse.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To cleanse anything.
- 8.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
- 9.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.