scoured

Meanings

• Verb

  To examine or search something carefully and thoroughly.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with scoured
power , tower , flower , hour

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Variants

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scour , scoured , scourer , scourers , scouring , scours

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Forms

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scoured (past tense and past participle), scours (present participle for the verb)

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to search for game' in hunting, later extended to mean 'to search or examine thoroughly'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'scour' is also used in geology to describe the process of erosion by flowing water.

2. In cooking, 'scouring' refers to the cleaning of pots and pans with an abrasive substance.

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Related Concepts

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1. Investigate: The act of searching for information or solving a problem.

2. Examine: A thorough inspection or evaluation of something.

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Culture

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In literature, 'scoured' is often used to describe the meticulous search or investigation, as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Gold-Bug' and Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' series.

How to Memorize "scoured"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person carefully examining an object, such as a detective searching for clues.

2. associate
   

   - Connect the word 'scoured' with words like 'thoroughly', 'carefully', and 'search'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a sentence like 'Scour the scene to find the evidence'.

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