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(skour) 
v., scoured, scour·ing, scours. v.tr.
scour2 (skour)
v., scoured, scour·ing, scours. v.tr.
v., scoured, scour·ing, scours. v.tr.
- To clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously: scour a dirty oven.
- To remove by scrubbing: scour grease from a pan.
- To remove dirt or grease from (cloth or fibers) by means of a detergent.
- To clean (wheat) before the milling process.
- To clear (an area) by freeing of weeds or other vegetation.
- To clear (a channel or pipe) by flushing.
- To scrub something in order to clean or polish it.
- To have diarrhea. Used of livestock.
- A scouring action or effect.
- A place that has been scoured, as by flushing with water.
- A cleansing agent for wool.
- scours (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Diarrhea in livestock.
[Middle English scouren, from Middle Dutch scūren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excūrāre, to clean out : Latin ex-, ex-, Late Latin cūrāre, to clean (from Latin, to take care of , from cūra, care; see cure).]
scourer scour'er n.scour2 (skour)
v., scoured, scour·ing, scours. v.tr.
- To search through or over thoroughly: The detective scoured the scene of the crime for clues.
- To range over (an area) quickly and energetically.
- To range over or about an area, especially in a search.
- To move swiftly; scurry.
[Middle English scouren, to move swiftly, probably of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse skūr, shower.]
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verb
- To rub hard in order to clean: scrub. See clean/dirty, put on/take off.
- To remove (an outer layer or adherent matter) by rubbing a surface with considerable pressure: scrape, scrub. See put on/take off.
verb
- To make a thorough search of: comb, forage, ransack, rummage. Slang shake down. Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, looksearchhigh and low, looksearchup and down, turn inside out, turn upside down. See investigate.
- To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.
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v
Definition: clean, polish thoroughly
Antonyms: dirty, soil
v
Definition: search thoroughly
Antonyms: ignore, overlook
The erosion of a concrete surface, exposing the aggregate.
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IN BRIEF: To rub hard with the goal of cleaning; to thoroughly look for something.
Like a steel mirror, scour off all rust with contrition.
— Mevlana Rumi (1207-1273), Persian sufi mystic.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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Characterized by scour.
- s. disease — a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency.
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- Verbs of Sight - scour: pass eyes over in search of something
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For the hydrological process, see Bridge scour. For the physical process, see wiktionary:scouring.
Scour Inc. was a multimedia search engine on the internet, and provided Scour Exchange, an early peer-to-peer file exchange service. Scour was founded by five students (Vince Busam, Michael Todd, Dan Rodriques, Jason Droege and Kevin Smilak) from the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1997. It moved into the spotlight in 1999 when former Disney president Michael Ovitz bought about a quarter of its shares.
The company's nice early products were an SMB search engine and Scour Media Agent, a Windows application to download files from SMB shares. The search engine would probe IP addresses for publicly shared files and then index them for download by other users.
In 1998, the company developed a web search engine as well, crawling the World Wide Web for links to multimedia audio, video and images.
In 1999 Scour received an investment from Michael Ovitz and the Yucaipa Company, an investment arm of the billionaire Ronald Burkle.[1] Together, the total investment represented a controlling share in the company. After the investment, Scour expanded in terms of product offerings and personnel. The company launched a software product named MyCaster which allowed users to stream audio over the network, optionally mixing microphone input with an MP3 audio file in real time.
Faced with the increasing popularity of Napster, Scour developed a competing peer-to-peer service named Scour Exchange.[2] Unlike Napster, the Scour software supported video and images in addition to just audio files, and integrated all users into one network. The company also tied its web site promotional materials to the Scour Exchange software and attempted to leverage its web and SMB indexes in providing additional search results inside the Scour Exchange application.
In the summer of 2000 the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) brought a lawsuit against Scour, alleging copyright infringement.[3] Despite Scour's declarations of innocence, the company was not able to raise money to continue operations. They laid off most of its staff in September of that year and filed for bankruptcy protection, to protect itself from the lawsuit, shortly afterwards.[4] The company's assets went up for auction and, following a bidding war, all assets were purchased by Centerspan Communications of Portland, Oregon in late December of that year.[5]
Scour metasearch engine
Scour has since relaunched in early 2008 as a metasearch engine combining the three most used search engines–Google, Yahoo and Live Search–into a single aggregated search page with social concepts. Scour rewards users with a point for each unique search conducted through the Scour Toolbar or at the website, as well as for commenting or rating a result (to a maximum of three points per search). Points can also be acquired through use of its affiliate program, with a matching 25% commission given to the host of the referral. Once users have accumulated a certain amount of points they can be redeemed for a Visa gift card or PayPal money transfer[6] at an implied exchange rate of approximately USD$0.004 (2/5¢) a point. The rate for those not in its target demographic, however, is significantly less–only USD$0.0001 per point.[7]
Scour doesn't give out rewards anymore. The program was cancelled in the summer of 2009.
References
- ^ Orwall, Bruce (June 10, 1999). "Ovitz, Yucaipa Buy Majority Stake In Entertainment Search Engine". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB928970934179363266.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ Richtel, Matt (May 22, 2000). "Agent's Role In Music Site May Be Shift In Rights War". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E2D9113AF931A15756C0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ Richtel, Matt (July 21, 2000). "Movie and Record Companies Sue a Film Trading Site". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E7DF173AF932A15754C0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ Borland, John (September 7, 2000). "Well-scrubbed business plan not enough for Scour". CNET. http://news.cnet.com/Well-scrubbed-business-plan-not-enough-for-Scour/2100-1023_3-245445.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ Huffstutter, P. J. (December 13, 2000). "Scour’s Assets Go to Rival for $9 Million". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/13/business/fi-64827. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ http://scour.com/learnmore/
- ^ http://www.scour.com/faq/#16
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - skure, rense, vaske, udrense, erodere
v. intr. - blive ren ved skuring
n. - skuring, rensning, skylning
2.
v. tr. - gennemsøge
v. intr. - gennemstrejfe, drage om i
Nederlands (Dutch)
schuren, (schoon) poetsen, boenen, afstruinen (op zoek), diarree (in vee), schuurmiddel
Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - récurer, éroder, lessiver, frotter, décaper, dégraisser (un vêtement)
v. intr. - poncer, frotter, décaper
n. - érosion
2.
v. tr. - parcourir (à la recherche de)
v. intr. - parcourir (à la recherche de)
Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - scheuern
n. - Scheuern, Reinigungsmittel
2.
v. - durchsuchen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τρίβω, καθαρίζω με τρίψιμο, διατρέχω, (μτφ.) οργώνω (περιοχή)
n. - ορμητικό ρεύμα, έκπλυση ή αποκάθαρση (μεταλλεύματος), διάρροια βοοειδών
Italiano (Italian)
mondare, purgare, scorrazzare, esaminare attentamente, perlustrare, strofinare, pulire alla paglietta, levigare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - esfregar
n. - limpeza (f), força erosiva (f), diarréia (f)
Русский (Russian)
чистка, мытье, промоина, понос (у животных), моющее средство, чистить, мыть, очищать, промывать, образовывать промоину, давать слабительное, страдать от поноса (о животных), рыскать (в поисках чего-л.), тщательно искать, прочесывать
Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - restregar, frotar, lijar, pulir, fregar
v. intr. - restregar
n. - acción limpiadora de una corriente rápida
2.
v. tr. - explorar, recorrer buscando
v. intr. - buscar algo por todas partes
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skura, skrubba, gnida bort, spola ren, rensa, skölja, erodera, söka igenom, söka överallt, jaga runt i, genomströva, fara över, springa, löpa, jaga, laxera, ha diarré
n. - skurning, renspolning, sköljning, erosion, erosionsfåra, diarré
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 擦净, 洗涤, 擦亮, 擦掉, 擦, 冲刷, 洗, 洗涤剂
2. 急速穿过, 走遍搜索, 急速穿行, 追寻
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 擦淨, 洗滌, 擦亮, 擦掉
v. intr. - 擦, 沖刷, 洗
n. - 擦, 洗滌劑, 洗
2.
v. tr. - 急速穿過, 走遍搜索
v. intr. - 急速穿行, 追尋
한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 문질러 닦다, 세탁하다, (어떤 장소로부터) 제거하다
v. intr. - 먼지를 없애다, 번질번질해지다, 정련하다
n. - 세제, 녹 벗기기, 세척
2.
v. tr. - ~을 찾아 헤매다, 뛰어다니다, (서류 등을) 철저히 조사하다
v. intr. - (~을 구하여) 찾아다니다, 질주하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ごしごし磨く, 洗い流す, こすり落とす, 流れをよくする, 捜し回る, 除去する
n. - 磨くこと
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يجلو, يفرك (الاسم) تنظيف, صقل, فرك
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - שפשף, ניקה, צחצח, יצר (תעלה) אגב סחף
v. intr. - שפשף, ניקה, צחצח, יצר (תעלה) אגב סחף
n. - שפשוף, ניקוי, צחצוח, מירוק
v. tr. - חיפש, סרק
v. intr. - שוטט, בעיקר כדי לחפש
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