scour

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
2. To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.
3. To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.
4. To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
5. (obsolete) To cleanse (something) without rubbing.

Noun

1. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
2. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
3. A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.

Concepts

récurer

battre

décaper

parcourir

frotter

nettoyer

purger

racler

aiguiser

laver

moudre

polir

balayer

lessiver

ratisser

enregistrer

râcler

frictionner

écumer

passer au peigne fin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskaʊə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English scǒuren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren (“to clean; to polish”) or Middle Low German schǖren, of uncertain origin but probably from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin scūrō, escūrō, excūrō (“to clean off”), from ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”) + cūrō (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), from cūra (“care, concern”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”)) + -ō.
The word is cognate with Danish skure, Middle High German schüren, schiuren (modern German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)), Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), Swedish skura, Catalan escurar.