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offscour

offscour verb: to remove by, or as if by, scouring; to scrub away.

Verb

offscour (third-person singular simple present offscours, present participle offscouring, simple past and past participle offscoured)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To remove by, or as if by, scouring; to scrub away.

Forms of offscour

third-person singular presentoffscours
present participleoffscouring
past participleoffscoured
pastoffscoured

Origin of offscour

From off- + scour.

Questions about offscour

What does offscour mean?
Offscour means to remove by, or as if by, scouring; to scrub away.
What part of speech is offscour?
Offscour is a verb.
What is the past tense of offscour?
The past tense of offscour is offscoured.

Words near offscour in the dictionary

  1. offsaddled
  2. offsaddles
  3. offsaddling
  4. offscape
  5. offscapes
  6. offscour
  7. offscoured
  8. offscouring
  9. offscourings
  10. offscours
  11. offscraping

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