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Meaning of scour

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scour
      n 1: a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
      v 1: examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the
           fugitive"
      2: clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back" [syn:
         {scrub}, {scour}]
      3: rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" [syn: {scour},
         {abrade}]
      4: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
         antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: {flush},
         {scour}, {purge}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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