Scour vs. Search

Scourverb

(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

‘He scoured the burnt food from the pan.’;

Searchnoun

An attempt to find something.

‘With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.’;

Scourverb

(transitive) To remove debris and dirt by purging; to sweep along or off (by a current of water).

Searchnoun

The act of searching in general.

‘Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.’;

Scourverb

To clear the digestive tract by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.

‘to scour a horse’;

Searchverb

(transitive) To look in (a place) for something.

‘I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.’;

Scourverb

To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.

‘If a lamb is scouring, do not delay treatment.’;

Searchverb

To look thoroughly.

‘The police are searching for evidence in his flat.’;

Scourverb

To cleanse (without rubbing).

Searchverb

To look for, seek.

Scourverb

(transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

‘They scoured the scene of the crime for clues.’;

Searchverb

To probe or examine (a wound).

Scourverb

(ambitransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.

Searchverb

(obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.

Scourverb

(ambitransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.

Searchverb

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

‘They are come to search the house.’; ‘Search me, O God, and know my heart.’;

Scournoun

The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.

‘Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the structure.’;

Searchverb

To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

‘I will both search my sheep, and seek them out.’; ‘Enough is left besides to search and know.’;

Scournoun

A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.

Searchverb

To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

Scournoun

A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.

Searchverb

To examine; to try; to put to the test.

Scourverb

To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.

Searchverb

To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.

‘Once more search with me.’; ‘It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars.’;

Scourverb

To purge; as, to scour a horse.

Searchnoun

The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

‘Thus the orb he roamedWith narrow search, and with inspection deepConsidered every creature.’; ‘Nor did my search of liberty beginTill my black hairs were changed upon my chin.’;

Scourverb

To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; - often with off or away.

‘[I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask,Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it.’;

Searchnoun

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Scourverb

To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.

‘Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain.’;

Searchnoun

an investigation seeking answers;

‘a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing’; ‘the outcome justified the search’;

Scourverb

To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.

‘If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch.’;

Searchnoun

an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property;

‘they wrote a program to do a table lookup’;

Scourverb

To clean anything by rubbing.

Searchnoun

the examination of alternative hypotheses;

‘his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful’;

Scourverb

To cleanse anything.

‘Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.’;

Searchnoun

boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas;

‘right of search’;

Scourverb

To be purged freely; to have a diarrhœa.

Searchverb

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of;

‘The police are searching for clues’; ‘They are searching for the missing man in the entire county’;

Scourverb

To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.

‘So four fierce coursers, starting to the race,Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.’;

Searchverb

search or seek;

‘We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest’; ‘Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!’;

Scournoun

Diarrhœa or dysentery among cattle.

Searchverb

inquire into

Scournoun

The act of scouring.

Searchverb

subject to a search;

‘The police searched the suspect’; ‘We searched the whole house for the missing keys’;

Scournoun

A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.

‘If you catch the two sole denizens [trout] of a particular scour, you will find another pair installed in their place to-morrow.’;

Searchverb

try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly

‘I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing’; ‘Hugh will be searching for the truth’; ‘Daniel is then able to search out the most advantageous mortgage’;

Scournoun

a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Searchverb

examine (a place, vehicle, or person) thoroughly in order to find something or someone

‘the guards searched him for weapons’; ‘she searched the house from top to bottom’;

Scourverb

examine minutely;

‘The police scoured the country for the fugitive’;

Searchverb

look for information in (a database or the World Wide Web) using a search engine

‘you can search for recipes by topic or by entering a keyword’; ‘I must search the Internet for one of his pictures’; ‘search our online archive for stories dating back to February 1996’;

Scourverb

clean with hard rubbing;

‘She scrubbed his back’;

Searchnoun

an act of searching for someone or something

‘the police carried out a thorough search of the premises’; ‘he plans to go to the Himalayas in search of a yeti’;

Scourverb

rub hard or scrub;

‘scour the counter tops’;

Searchnoun

an act or instance of searching a database or the World Wide Web

‘I did a search for creative-writing courses at UK universities and came up with 422’;

Scourverb

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid;

‘flush the wound with antibiotics’; ‘purge the old gas tank’;

Searchnoun

the systematic retrieval of information, or the facility for this

‘the advanced search includes options for sorting by date and specifying the news source’; ‘users will abandon a site if the search function doesn't work well’;

Searchnoun

an investigation of public records to find if a property is subject to any liabilities or encumbrances.