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Look

verb

(past & past part. looked; pres. part. looking)

1.

Perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards. "Look at your child!" , "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

2.

Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect. Synonyms: appear, seem. "This appears to be a very difficult problem" , "This project looks fishy" , "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

3.

Have a certain outward or facial expression. "The child looks unhappy" , "She looked pale after the surgery"

4.

Search or seek. Synonym: search. "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

5.

Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to. Synonyms: face, front. "My backyard look onto the pond" , "The building faces the park"

6.

Take charge of or deal with. Synonyms: attend, see, take care. "I must attend to this matter" , "She took care of this business"

7.

Convey by one's expression.

8.

Look forward to the probable occurrence of. Synonyms: await, expect, wait. "She is looking to a promotion" , "He is waiting to be drafted"

9.

Accord in appearance with.

10.

Have faith or confidence in. Synonyms: bet, calculate, count, depend, reckon. "Look to your friends for support" , "You can bet on that!" , "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

noun

1.

The feelings expressed on a person's face. Synonyms: aspect, expression, face, facial expression. "A look of triumph" , "An angry face"

2.

The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually. Synonyms: looking, looking at. "His look was fixed on her eyes" , "He gave it a good looking at" , "His camera does his looking for him"

3.

Physical appearance.

4.

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, smell, spirit, tone. "A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting" , "It had the smell of treason"

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"Look" Quotes from Famous Books

... It's quite a serious matter. Look at Breuilly! It is the only weakness of that gallant man; every one respects it here. Do likewise, I ...

— Led Astray and The Sphinx - Two Novellas In One Volume • Octave Feuillet

... old gentile organization, the influence and position of woman sank rapidly. The mother-right vanished; the father-right stepped into its shoes. Man now became a private property-holder: he had an interest in children, whom he could look upon as legitimate, and whom he made the heirs of his property: hence he forced upon woman the command of abstinence from intercourse with ...

— Woman under socialism • August Bebel

... way in which you take up my affairs binds me to you in a manner I cannot express; for, to tell you the truth, I never can (knowing as I do the principles upon which I always endeavour to act) submit to any sort of compromise of my character; and I shall never, therefore, look upon those who, after hearing the whole story, do not think me perfectly in the right, and do not consider Hamilton an infamous scoundrel, to be in the smallest degree my friends, or even to be persons for whom I am bound to have ...

— Obiter Dicta - Second Series • Augustine Birrell

... repeated the word, and when he had done so turned on the other a look that led the Captain to think that he was going to be ill again. Then, "It cost me—it will cost me"—again a spasm contorted the Syndic's face—"I don't know what it will not have cost me before it is paid for, ...

— The Long Night • Stanley Weyman

... His head was not large at the base, but high-crowned and finely arched. His eyes were magnificent, and can only be compared to Hawthorne's eyes, though not so clear. Marshal von Moltke had eyes like two brilliant lights; even the Emperor dared not look into them. Whittier's were not like this, but seemed to be lighted by hidden fires; very large, dark, and powerful. He had a sensitive and refined mouth, which was closed, as if by an effort of the will. In general appearance ...

— Sketches from Concord and Appledore • Frank Preston Stearns

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