look
IPA: ɫˈʊk
noun
- The action of looking; an attempt to see.
- (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
- A facial expression.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A surname from Chinese.
verb
- To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- (intransitive) As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
- (transitive, colloquial) As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
- To appear, to seem.
- (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
- (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
- To face or present a view.
- To expect or anticipate.
- (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
- (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
- (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking.
- (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To check, to make sure (of something).
- (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
- (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
- (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
- (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
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