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scout
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- pronunciation:
- skaUt
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A scout is a person who goes into a place to find out what is there or what is happening. Sometimes the place is dangerous, or it is a place that nobody knows anything about yet. A scout is often a brave person, because a scout goes ahead of others to get information and then brings the information back to everyone else.
My big brother was our scout when we went hiking last summer. He went ahead of us and found out we were walking towards a muddy swamp with lots of mosquitos. We decided to go in a different direction!The scout returned to his base with photographs of the enemy's camp. |
| definition 2: |
A scout is a member of either the Girl Scouts or the Boy Scouts. Each of these groups is a kind of large club with members all over the country or all over the world. Scouts in a particular community have meetings where they learn crafts and skills and where they learn things like how to help others in their community. Scouts sometimes go to a camp in the summers where they sleep in cabins or tents and where they learn things like swimming, boating, how to make and put out a fire, and other skills for living outdoors.
Leslie learned how to pitch a tent and make a fire when she was a scout. |
| definition 3: |
A scout is a person who looks for people with a lot of talent in the field of sports or entertainment. A scout tries to find a person who is not yet famous but who could become successful and famous. A scout often works for a professional sports team looking for new players or for an agent looking for a new performer to make into a star.
A scout came to my brother's baseball game, but he wasn't interested in my brother. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
scouts, scouting, scouted |
| definition: |
When you scout around somewhere, you explore the area. You may be looking for something or just trying to find out some information.
The police scouted around the area looking for the escaped crocodile. |
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