scur
/skɜː/US/skɝ/
scur noun: a distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.
Noun
scur (plural scurs)
Verb
scur (third-person singular simple present scurs, present participle scurring, simple past and past participle scurred)
- To move hastily; to scour.
- Here he whistled, and the animal, who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels, instantly returned with a gentle neigh.1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.
scur meaning in Tamil
scur in Tamil
- கொம்பு போன்ற வளர்ச்சி, சுரண்டித் தேய்த்தல்
Forms of scur
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scurs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scurs |
| present participle | scurring |
| past participle | scurred |
| past | scurred |
Origin of scur
Compare scour (“to run”).
Words that rhyme with scur
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- per
- purr
- birr
- bur
- cellular
- concur
- defer
- entrepreneur
- incur
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- were
- whirr
- aver
- brr
- cur
- deter
- diaperfur
- err
- fir
- myrrh
- aberr
- astir
- bestir
- chauffeur
- chur
- churr
- curmur
- deburr
- farceur
- flurr
- force majeure
- froideur
- grr
- her
- hurr
- inter
- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
Questions about scur
- What does scur mean?
- Scur means a distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.
- What is scur in Tamil?
- Scur in Tamil is கொம்பு போன்ற வளர்ச்சி, சுரண்டித் தேய்த்தல். See Scur meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scur?
- Scur can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce scur?
- Scur is pronounced /skɜː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of scur?
- The plural of scur is scurs.
Words near scur in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scur (page history and authors); scur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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