A cost-effective way to explore the Solar System was to send thousands of robotic probes to scour celestial bodies for data.
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Scour
//ˈskaʊə//
Synonyms for "scour" (201 found)
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measureminemopmop upoverpasspass overpass throughpatrolperambulateperegrinatepererrateplypolishpostprowlpurgeracerakerangerange over
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Translations
124 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- подмол noun (place scoured out by running water)
- жуля verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- отмивам verb (to remove debris and dirt by purging)
- претърсвам verb (to search an area thoroughly)
Catalan
1 entries- escurar verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 擦 verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 冲刷 verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- 擦洗 verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- 淘洗 verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Czech
4 entries- drhnout verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- hnát se verb (to run with speed)
- prohledat verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- pročesat verb (to search an area thoroughly)
Dutch
3 entries- afschuimen verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- purgeren verb (to clear the digestive tract)
- schuren verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Esperanto
1 entries- frotpurigi verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
French
4 entries- passer au peigne fin verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- purger verb (to clear the digestive tract)
- récurer verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- verrer verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
German
4 entries- Ausspülen noun (removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water)
- Ausspülung noun (place scoured out by running water)
- Auswaschen noun (removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water)
- Auswaschung noun (place scoured out by running water)
Hindi
1 entries- मांजना verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Hungarian
3 entries- sikál verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- suvickol verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- súrol verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Italian
4 entries- lavaggio noun (removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water)
- ripulita noun (removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water)
- strofinata noun (removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water)
- battere verb (to search an area thoroughly)
Japanese
1 entries- 磨ぐ verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Latin
1 entries- pervēnor verb (to search an area thoroughly)
Māori
4 entries- haurapa verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- kowani verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- rari verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- ūkui verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Norwegian
3 entries- finkjemme verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- skrubbe verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- skure verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- یومق verb (to remove debris and dirt by purging)
- ییقامق verb (to remove debris and dirt by purging)
Polish
2 entries- szorować verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- wyszorować verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Romanian
1 entries- curăța verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Russian
4 entries- отдра́ивать verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- отдра́ить verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- отска́бливать verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- отскобли́ть verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ribati verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- рибати verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Slovene
1 entries- prečesati verb (to search an area thoroughly)
Spanish
4 entries- batir verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- campear verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- camperear verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- esculcar verb (to search an area thoroughly)
Swedish
4 entries- genomsöka verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- laxera verb (to clear the digestive tract)
- skrubba verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
- skura verb (to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously)
Tagalog
2 entries- galugarin verb (to search an area thoroughly)
- gumalugad verb (to search an area thoroughly)
Sample sentences
39 total sentences available.
"Go to work, scour the shit." "Screw you!"
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How will I scour with a fork?
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The stepmother gave her the meanest work in the house to do; she had to scour the dishes, tables, etc., and to scrub the floors and clean out the bedrooms.
Source: tatoeba (6211640)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.