Verb (used with object) : They scoured the countryside for the lost child.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : Sand is a good scour.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : The roasting pan scours easily.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to scour pots and pans. ,to scour grease from pots and pans. ,to scour the nation of spies.    From Dictionary.com. 

On Friday, we again scoured the critical responses to find out what everyone's saying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rounding Up The ‘Avatar’ Reviews… » MTV Movies Blog] Reference

Shortly, he set out with 200 ships and "scoured" the seas and in 90 days, cleared the Pirates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Especially the image of them sitting huddled together in the dark as the winds "scoured" the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [a number of things] Reference

We kind of scoured our usual database of creative reference, horror films and music and came up with this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Format Magazine Urban Art Fashion] Reference

'scoured' for 'mood congruence', according to Dr Slater.    From Wordnik.com.  [IMT Home] Reference

The pilgrims returned after explosives experts scoured the area.    From Wordnik.com.  [30,000 Tourists Evacuated From Lourdes After Bomb Threat] Reference

Well, we've scoured the Web just for you -- afterhours, of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [ONLINE: TIME WELL WASTED] Reference

Moore and his casting director scoured the globe to find their Damien.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rosemary's Babies] Reference

As policyholders fled, Jenrette desperately scoured the world for capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Deal They Can't Refuse?] Reference

Lucky for you, we scoured the Internet looking for good deals on GPS units.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cyber Monday deals on GPS navigation systems] Reference

The paper under Keller's leadership will be scoured for these types of biases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raw Copy: 'Let's Move On'] Reference

Disney promptly scoured the studio for more such projects, even "" China Doll. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman Warrior] Reference

For the rest of the day and overnight, authorities scoured the woods for Freeland.    From Wordnik.com.  [68 Bullets] Reference

Forbes scoured the offerings from more than 40 major U.S. retailers, looking for deals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best Back-To-School Deals] Reference

Turkish Cooking The Sultans 'cooks scoured the empire to bring new dishes to his table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terry Kelhawk: Turkish Delights in Istanbul: 2010 European Capital of Culture] Reference

As the death toll rose to more than 360, survivors scoured posters for missing loved ones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Qaeda: 'Got to Take That Shot'] Reference

Had it not been his own funeral, Rabbi Meir Kahane would have scoured the crowd for recruits.    From Wordnik.com.  [The High Price Of Hatred] Reference

The McCain campaign also scoured the state for other endorsers, no matter how ancient or obscure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Friends in High Places] Reference

Democrats, meanwhile, scoured the county for people willing to claim they had accidentally misvoted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clouds Over The Sunshine State] Reference

Each Monday morning, the weekend box-office receipts are scoured for signs of the national direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tinseltown Follies] Reference

A few weeks ago, following my own advice from a prior CFL posting, I scoured the Web for recycling options.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where, oh where, can I recycle my CFL?] Reference

Since 1982 they've scoured hundreds of kilometers of sidewalk a day at a yearly cost of about 7 million euro.    From Wordnik.com.  [O To Be A Dog In Paris!] Reference

I hung on every report coming from Pakistan and scoured Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper, on the Web.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Triumph Turned into Tragedy’] Reference

We have scoured the scheule for of some of the most bizarre, unique, and outlandish events taking place this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boulder International Fringe Festival: Some Of This Year's Craziest Events] Reference

She scoured the columns for items about herself and was something of a celebrity hound, once following Garbo for blocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady And The Legend] Reference

It scoured scouting reports on everything from Shaq's basketball ability to his family background to his 20EEE shoe size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opening Soon: A Love Shaq?] Reference

For another top job, Li scoured the mainland for recruits before finally poaching one from one of his Taiwan-based vendors.    From Wordnik.com.  [HELP WANTED] Reference

For three months earlier this year, staffers scoured the system for the toys 'missing parts -- salvaging all but 1 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

They scoured records and re-enacted the crime in a Chicago park, concluding that the original police reports didn't add up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming Two Days Shy Of Martyrdom] Reference

I can still vividly recall the pivotal day 34 years ago when my father and I scoured the pawnshops along Denver's Larimer Street.    From Wordnik.com.  [Engineering A New Image] Reference

Wallinger and his team scoured eBay for just the same brand of plush toy badger and weathered banners by soaking them in puddles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond The Barricade] Reference

Jolted by the oil shocks of the 1970s, Brazilians scoured the map for hidden reserves, hoping to wean the nation off imported oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nimble Monopoly] Reference

Back in Suva Reka, the surviving Albanians hid in their houses until May, when the Serbs scoured the town and drove them all away.    From Wordnik.com.  [’Daddy, They’Re Killing Us’] Reference

Perched in plain view at the front of the dais, China's economic czar scoured over another document and occasionally scribbled notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Power] Reference

For the last several months I scoured the classifieds and sent out resumes to find a job that would coincide with day care and pregnancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [From The Welfare Rolls, A Mother's View] Reference

Even as the police and military scoured our cars, bags and persons for explosives, they would wind up the search with a "have a nice day.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: The Good People Of Salt Lake] Reference

Saviano, 28, infiltrated the Camorra in his hometown near Naples and scoured court records to research his best-selling novel, "Gomorrah.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Why America’s Point Man On China Is Running Into a Wall] Reference