SCOUT


Meaning of SCOUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skaʊt ]

( scouts, scouting, scouted)

1.

A scout is someone who is sent to an area of countryside to find out the position of an enemy army.

They sent two men out in front as scouts.

N-COUNT

2.

If you scout somewhere for something, you go through that area searching for it.

I wouldn’t have time to scout the area for junk...

A team of four was sent to scout for a nuclear test site...

I have people scouting the hills already.

= search

VERB : V n for n , V for n , V n

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