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scour out

scour out verb: to remove by scouring.

Verb

scour out (third-person singular simple present scours out, present participle scouring out, simple past and past participle scoured out)

  1. To remove by scouring
    • scour out the food stuck to the pan.
  2. (figuratively) To eliminate using a lot of effort

Forms of scour out

third-person singular presentscours out
present participlescouring out
past participlescoured out
pastscoured out

Questions about scour out

What does scour out mean?
Scour out means to remove by scouring.
What part of speech is scour out?
Scour out is a verb.
What is the past tense of scour out?
The past tense of scour out is scoured out.

Words near scour out in the dictionary

  1. scoundrelry
  2. scoundrels
  3. scoundrelship
  4. scour
  5. scour down
  6. scour out
  7. scour up
  8. scourability
  9. scourable
  10. scourage
  11. scourages

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