Free online dictionary

Main page (EN) Encyclopedia (EN) This site in Dutch    
 

Translate

Words (Main page)
Text (Babelfish)
Theme dictionaries

Language portals

Dutch
English
French
German
Spanish

Entertainment

Crossword dictionary
Rhyming dictionary

Synonyms

Dutch
English
French
German
Spanish

Verbs

Conjugate verbs

Varia

Counting in other languages

Spelling

Telephone alphabet
Spelling checker

This website

Contact
Privacy & copyright
Direct link to this page:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/definition/scour

Translating from English to English on MijnWoordenboek shows the definition of a word.
Dutch translation of scour
French translation of scour
German translation of scour
Spanish translation of scour

  • discouraged: the people who want a job and are not actively looking because they perceive there are no jobs available or they believe they are not skilled
    Category: Statistics

  • discouraged: a person not included in the unemployment count,who says he did not look for work because he thinks none is available,or he believes he lacks the skills necessary to compete in the labor market
    Category: Statistics

  • discourse: the purpose for producing the text which determines the structure of the text
    Category: General

  • discourse: a sequence of sentences that display local coherence.These segments are organized hierarchically in any discourse
    Category: General

  • discourse: grammar which specifies the relationship between meaning and form.It establishes a mapping between a type of semantic relationship and a list of structures enabling it to be expressed and integrates decisions on the ordering of the information,the linearization into sentences and the form of the sentences
    Category: General

  • discourse: the structure that people successfully use for producing text
    Category: General

  • discourse: association of utterances in a discourse representing a text that 'hangs together';only information that is relevant to the discourse is included and each sentence must be semantically related to the previous text
    Category: General

  • scour: the clearing out of a channel by the action of water 99999INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951
    Category: General

  • scour: A hollow in the bed of a stream caused by the erosive action of rapidly circulating flow.
    Category: The cosmos

  • scour: Localized erosive action of water in streams,excavating and carrying away material from the bed and banks.
    Category: The cosmos

  • scour: discolored and scale-covered copper and brass should be cleaned in an acid bath and scoured...it should be rubbed with emery cloth or cleaned by scraper.
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • scour: degradation of the streambed at the foot of a structure due to the water and sediment action
    Category: Building industry

  • scoured: wool entirely degreased by washing with hot water and soap or other detergents or with alkaline solutions
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • scoured: the vigourous action given the wool..by the scouring leviathan..and its effect on the stock have given credence to the belief that such entanglement...has a significant effect on the --..
    Category: General

  • scouring: ..involves washing in warm soapy water several times, followed by thorough rinsing and drying....it removes the natural grease in the fiber, the suint or body excretions, dirt and dust.
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • scouring: is the method used...to remove grease, suint, dirt and other foreign material from the wool fiber. It consists of a series of washes with soap and soda ash and several rinses at varying temperature s.
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • scouring: to remove the sizing and tint used on the warp yarn in weaving, and in general, cleaning a fabric or yarn prior to dyeing.
    Category: Various industries and crafts



    Please see: encyclo.co.uk for more definitions

  • Translate again


    What is Mijnwoordenboek?

    Pronounce: mine-worden-book, meaning `My dictionary`. Mijnwoordenboek is a free translation dictionary where you can translate words to and from English, German, Spanish, French and Dutch. In addition to the translations you can also conjugate verbs, check your spelling, find synonyms and find rhyme words.

    Statistics

    Our translation database currently contains about 19,000,000 words, 2,000,000 synonyms and about 200.000 verbs in 5 languages.

    Translate

    Naar

    Spelling (EN)

    Conjugate

    Synonyms (EN)

    Encyclo (EN)

    © Mijnwoordenboek 2008