scout
To explore a wide terrain, as if on a searchTo explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
Meaning
6 senses(intransitive, transitive)To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
aufklären, auskundschaften, ausspähen
розві́дуватиrozvíduvaty, розві́датиrozvídaty, рекогносцирува́тиrekohnoscyruváty
explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
(transitive)To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
(transitive)To reject with contempt.
to scout an idea or an apology
отверга́тьotvergátʹ, пренебрега́тьprenebregátʹ
(transitive)To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
(intransitive)To scoff.
(Scotland)To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
Examples
57 sentencesAre you a real boy scout?
deBist du wirklich Pfadfinder? — Waldelfe
The boy scouts went from door to door selling what they had made.
ruБойскауты ходили от двери к двери, продавая свои поделки. — las
deDie Pfadfinder gingen von Tür zu Tür, um selbstangefertigte Sachen zu verkaufen. — Tamy
Tom was a boy scout.
ruТом был бойскаутом. — odexed
I was a boy scout.
ruЯ был бойскаутом. — marafon
deIch war Pfadfinder. — Luiaard
Tom wasn't a boy scout.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbalFrom Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”). The verb comes from the noun.
Of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skúta, skúti (“taunt”), Middle English scoute (“a wretch, rascal, rogue”); thus may be related to English shout.
Uncertain. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) groups the verb scout, scoot (/skut/, regionally /skʌut/) "cause liquid to gush" with a noun scout "sudden gush or flow of water, as from a spout or over rock", and considers the pair to be of Scandinavian origin, perhaps related to Old Norse skjóta (“shoot”); however, scout (or scut) was formerly also found as a word for "flow of water over rocks, waterfall; ridge or overhang of rocks" in various northern and central English dialects, and there suggested to have a different Norse origin, Old Norse skúti (“cave formed by jutting rocks”); it is possible that noun and the verb are unrelated. It is also unclear whether the noun meaning "guillemot" is related (the DSL gives it as a separate word, with separate spellings scout, scowt, skout, pronounced /skut/, of uncertain origin), but it might derive from their habit of pouring forth excrement.
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Forms
scouts, scouting, scouted, scoutedSynonyms
3 synonyms- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody:reconnoiterreconnoitre
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle