different between launder vs scour

English

Etymology

Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandena, from Latin lav? (“I wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??nd?/
• (some accents) IPA^(key): /?l??nd?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?nd?/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?l?nd?/
• Rhymes: -??nd?(?), -??nd?(?)

Noun

launder (plural launders)

1. (obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.
2. (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
3. A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.

   Synonym: inlayer

4. A gutter (for rainwater).

Synonyms

• (washerwoman): launderer, laundress, washerwoman

Translations

Verb

launder (third-person singular simple present launders, present participle laundering, simple past and past participle laundered)

1. To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
2. (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint
4. (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

Derived terms

• money laundering

Translations

Related terms

• launderer
• launderette
• laundress
• laundry
• lave

References

• launder in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• launder at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Arundel, lurdane, rundale

Middle English

Noun

launder

1. Alternative form of lavender

English

Alternative forms

• scower (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ska??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ska??/, /ska??/
• Rhymes: -a??(?), -a?.?(?)
• Hyphenation: scour

Etymology 1

From Middle English sc?uren (“to polish, scour; to clean; to beat, whip”), from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren (“to clean; to polish”) or Middle Low German sch?ren, of uncertain origin but probably from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin sc?r?, esc?r?, exc?r? (“to clean off”), from ex- (“prefix meaning ‘thoroughly’”) + c?r? (“to arrange, see to, take care of”), from c?ra (“care, concern”) (from Proto-Indo-European *k?eys- (“to heed”)) + -?.

The word is cognate with Danish skure, Middle High German schüren, schiuren (modern German scheuern (“to scour, scrub; to chafe”)), Norwegian skura (“to scrub”), Swedish skura.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
2. (transitive) To remove debris and dirt by purging; to sweep along or off (by a current of water).
3. (transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.

4. (transitive, intransitive, veterinary medicine) To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To cleanse (without rubbing).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

scour (countable and uncountable, plural scours)

1. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
2. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
3. A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.

Derived terms

• ice scour
• toe scour

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English sc?uren, scure, skoure (“to move quickly; to travel around in search of enemies”), from sc?ur (“attack, conflict; pang of emotional suffering”), from Old Norse skýra (“to rush in”) and skúr (“a shower; a shower of missiles”), perhaps influenced by the verb sc?uren: see etymology 1.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To search an area thoroughly.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.

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References

Further reading

• scour (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Orcus, cours, sucro-