- cleansed or polished by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material: American society, through advertising, associates the scent of lemon with a freshly scoured kitchen.
- cleared or dug out, as by the force of water, glaciers, etc.: Muskeget Channel, located between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, is a deeply scoured channel with strong tidal currents.
- (of cotton, wool, etc.) cleaned or made free of impurities, debris, etc., by or as if by washing: When dried, the scoured wool is usually carded and combed before the process of spinning.
- cleared or made free of anything undesirable; cleansed: It is from a scoured soul and a sober heart that prayer is engaged.
- the simple past tense and past participle of scour1.
