Scouting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scout \Scout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Scouting}.]
     1. To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for
        the purpose of observation, as a scout.
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              Take more men,
              And scout him round.                  --Beau. & Fl.
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     2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as,
        to scout a country.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scouting
       n : exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy
           territory is very dangerous" [syn: {exploratory survey},
           {reconnoitering}, {reconnoitring}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "scouting":
     abjuration, abjurement, chucking, chucking out, contempt,
     contradiction, declination, declining, denial, despisal, despising,
     disapproval, discard, disclamation, discounting, dismissal,
     disownment, disregard, exception, exclusion, exploration, ignoring,
     nonacceptance, nonapproval, nonconsideration, passing by,
     putting away, putting out, rebuff, recantation, recce, recco,
     recon, reconnaissance, reconnoiter, reconnoitering, refusal,
     rejection, renouncement, repudiation, repulse, spurning,
     throwing out, turning out