scour¹ /skowr/

1. To clean, polish, remove, or form by hard rubbing
2. To scrub
3. To cleanse
4. To free from grease, dirt, or gum
5. To flush or cleanse by a current
6. To purge, esp drastically
7. To clear out
8. To punish (figurative)

1. To scrub and polish
2. To serve or act as a purgative
3. (of livestock) to have diarrhoea

1. The action, place, or means of scouring
2. (often in pl) diarrhoea in cattle, etc
3. A swig of liquor (Scot)

scourˈer noun

1. A person who scours
2. An instrument or container for scouring
3. A cathartic

scourˈing noun

1. Scrubbing
2. Vigorous cleansing
3. Clearing
4. Erosion
5. Purging
6. (often in pl) matter removed or accumulated by scouring

• turnskin
• turnskins
• turnsole
• turnsoles
• turn someone round one's little finger
• turn someone's brain
• turn someone's head
• turn something to advantage
• turnspit
• turnspits
• turn State's evidence
• turnstile
• turnstiles
• turnstone
• turnstones
• turntable
• turntable ladder
• turntable ladders
• turntables
• turntablist
• turn tail
• turn the cat in the pan
• turn the corner
• turn the King's evidence
• turn the other cheek