Look

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To employ one's sight, especially in a given direction or on a given object.
  • intransitive verb. To search.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To turn one's glance or gaze.
  • intransitive verb. To turn one's attention; attend.
  • intransitive verb. To turn one's expectations.
  • intransitive verb. To seem or appear to be.
  • intransitive verb. To face in a specified direction.
  • intransitive verb. To turn one's eyes on.
  • intransitive verb. To convey by one's expression.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To have an appearance of conformity with.
  • intransitive verb. To appear to be.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or instance of looking.
  • noun. A gaze or glance expressive of something.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Appearance or aspect.
  • noun. Physical appearance, especially when pleasing.
  • noun. A distinctive, unified manner of dress or fashion.
  • phrasal verb. To take care of.
  • phrasal verb. To search for; seek.
  • phrasal verb. To expect.
  • phrasal verb. To inquire into; investigate.
  • phrasal verb. To regard in a certain way.
  • phrasal verb. To be watchful or careful; take care.
  • phrasal verb. To examine or inspect, often in hasty fashion.
  • phrasal verb. To expect or hope to.
  • phrasal verb. To seem about to; promise to.
  • phrasal verb. To search for and find, as in a reference book.
  • phrasal verb. To visit.
  • phrasal verb. To become better; improve.
  • idiom. (look a gift horse in the mouth) To be critical or suspicious of something one has received without expense.
  • idiom. (alive/sharp) To act or respond quickly.
  • idiom. (on/upon) To regard with contempt or condescension.
  • idiom. (at/on) To regard with contempt or condescension.
  • idiom. (look forward to) To think of (a future event) with pleasurable, eager anticipation.
  • idiom. (look in on) To visit.
  • idiom. (look the other way) To deliberately overlook something.
  • idiom. (look up to) To admire.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To exercise the sense or faculty of vision; use the eyes in seeing; fix the sight upon some object, or upon some point or portion of space.
  • Before a word or phrase signifying direction, manner, or purpose: as, look here; look there; he looked back; to look for something lost.
  • Before a preposition governing the thing seen or an intervening object or medium: as, to look at a house; to look over a wall or through a window; to look into a mirror or a book; to look upon the wine.
  • To afford a view or outlook; have a direction; face or be turned: usually with on, upon, to, or toward: as, the windows look toward the ocean; the house looks upon a narrow street.
  • To keep watch; be careful; take heed; see to it: as, he looks after my luggage: used intensively in the ejaculatory phrases look out! look sharp!
  • To seem to the view; have the appearance of being; appear: as, he looks like his brother; it looks as if it would rain; the patient looks better.
  • To strive to seem; put on the appearance of being; assume to be.
  • To exercise mental vision or observation (in a certain way); direct the mind or understanding; take notice: often with at.
  • To have a prospect or anticipation; direct the mind expectantly; be in expectation of or with regard to something.