scaner.html - {n.} A newspaper that prints much shocking news and scandal. * /Bob wanted to find out who won the election, but he could find only a scandal sheet./ * /The scandal sheet carried big headlines about the murder./

scaner.html - v. & n.
--v.

(scanned, scanning)
1 tr. look at intently or quickly (scanned the horizon; rapidly scanned the speech for errors).
2 intr. (of a verse etc.) be metrically correct; be capable of being recited etc. metrically (this line doesn't scan).
3 tr. a examine all parts of (a surface etc.) to detect radioactivity etc. b cause (a particular region) to be traversed by a radar etc. beam.
4 tr. resolve (a picture) into its elements of light and shade in a prearranged pattern for the purposes esp. of television transmission.
5 tr. test the metre of (a line of verse etc.) by reading with the emphasis on its rhythm, or by examining the number of feet etc.
6 tr. a make a scan of (the body or part of it). b examine (a patient etc.) with a scanner.

--n.

1 the act or an instance of scanning.
2 an image obtained by scanning or with a scanner.

scannable adj. [ME f. L scandere climb: in LL = scan verses (from the raising of one's foot in marking rhythm)]

scaner.html - n.
1 a a thing or a person causing general public outrage or indignation. b the outrage etc. so caused, esp. as a subject of common talk. c malicious gossip or backbiting.
2 Law a public affront, esp. an irrelevant abusive statement in court.

scandal sheet derog. a newspaper etc. giving prominence to esp. malicious gossip.

scandalous adj. scandalously adv. scandalousness n. [ME f. OF scandale f. eccl.L scandalum f. Gk skandalon snare, stumbling-block]

scaner.html - v.tr.
(also -ise) offend the moral feelings, sensibilities, etc. of; shock. [ME in sense 'make a scandal of' f. F scandaliser or eccl.L scandaliso f. Gk skandalizo (as SCANDAL)]

scaner.html - n.
a person who spreads malicious scandal.

scaner.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a a native or inhabitant of Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland). b a person of Scandinavian descent.
2 the family of languages of Scandinavia.

--adj.

of or relating to Scandinavia or its people or languages. [L Scandinavia]