scouring

4 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough:

You'll have to scour out those old cooking pots before you use them.

to search a place or thing very carefully in order to try to find something:

The police are scouring the area for the missing child.

I scoured the shops for a blue and white shirt, but I couldn't find one anywhere.

(of farm animals, especially cows and pigs) to have diarrhoea:

Several calves were scouring and one died within days.