Definition of scour

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of scour is as below...

Scour (v. t.) 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..

Lern More About Scour

Discoursive :: Discoursive (a.) Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.
Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..
Scour :: Scour (v. i.) To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
Talk :: Talk (n.) Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town..
Disrespect :: Disrespect (n.) Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
Unity :: Unity (n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition..
Subrector :: Subreader (n.) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon..
Scourer :: Scourer (n.) One who, or that which, scours..
Exordium :: Exordium (n.) A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration..
Discourse :: Discourse (n.) The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty..
Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) 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..
Confer :: Confer (v. i.) To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
Philippic :: Philippic (n.) Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.
Dishearten :: Dishearten (v. t.) To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed..
Discourse :: Discourse (v. t.) To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker..
Scourging :: Scourging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scourg.
Scourse :: Scourse (v. t.) See Scorse.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us