Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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scout | Yes | No | Yes | No |
picket | Yes | No | Yes | No |
scout (noun) | picket (noun) |
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someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake |
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | a wooden strip forming part of a fence |
someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) | a vehicle performing sentinel duty |
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack | |
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work | |
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
scout (verb) | picket (verb) |
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explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | fasten with a picket |
serve as pickets or post pickets |