Look

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Expect.

II. Look ·vt To express or manifest by a look.

III. Look ·vt To look at; to turn the eyes toward.

IV. Look ·vt To Seek; to search for.

V. Look ·noun Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look.

VI. Look ·vt To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition.

VII. Look ·noun Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.

VIII. Look ·vi In the ·imv: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe;

— used to call attention.

IX. Look ·vi To await the appearance of anything; to Expect; to Anticipate.

X. Look ·vi To have a particular direction or situation; to Face; to Front.

XI. Look ·noun The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view;

— often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look.

XII. Look ·vi To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively.

XIII. Look ·vi To Seem; to Appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.

XIV. Look ·vi To direct the attention (to something); to Consider; to Examine; as, to look at an Action.

XV. Look ·vi To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed;

— with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. ·see Phrases below.

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