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NOUN | 1 | look, expression, aspect, facial expression, face | The expression on a person's face |
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2 | look, looking, looking at | The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually | |
3 | look | Physical appearance | |
4 | look, spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, smell | The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | |
VERB | 1 | look | Perceive with attention |
2 | look, appear, seem | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect | |
3 | look | Have a certain outward or facial expression | |
4 | look, search | Search or seek | |
5 | look, front, face | Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point | |
6 | look, attend, take care, see | Take charge of or deal with | |
7 | look | Convey by one's expression | |
8 | look, expect, await, wait | Look forward to the probable occurrence of | |
9 | look | Accord in appearance with | |
10 | look, count, bet, depend, calculate, reckon | Have faith or confidence in |
Sounds | luh'k |
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Rhymes | book / Book, brook, Brooke, and 38 more rhymes in uhk at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The expression on a person's face. |
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Examples | "a look of triumph" |
Synonyms | expression, aspect, facial expression, face |
Narrower | leer; sparkle, spark, light |
Broader | countenance, visage |
Verbs | look; look; look |
Meaning | The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually. |
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Examples | "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" |
Synonyms | looking, looking at |
Narrower | glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil; scrutiny; peek, peep; stare; evil eye; sightseeing, rubber-necking; observation, observance, watching; lookout, outlook; view, survey, sight; dekko |
Broader | sensing, perception |
Verbs | look |
Meaning | Physical appearance. |
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Examples | "I don't like the looks of this place" |
Broader | appearance, visual aspect |
Verbs | look; look |
Meaning | The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. |
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Synonyms | spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, smell |
Narrower | Hollywood; Zeitgeist |
Broader | atmosphere, ambiance, ambience |
Verbs | look |
Meaning | Perceive with attention. Direct one's gaze towards. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | They look up the hill |
Examples | "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" |
Entails | see |
Entailed by | examine, see; survey; watch |
Narrower | stare; take a look, have a look, get a load; look back, look backward; look away; look around; gaze, stare; regard, consider; ogle; give the glad eye; leer; goggle, gape, gawp, gawk; admire; peep; glance, peek, glint; gloat; eye, eyeball; give the eye, give the once over; squint; peer |
See also | look after; look up to; look up; look back; look back; look for; look on; look into; look away |
Nouns | look; looker |
Meaning | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Model | John will look angry |
Examples | "This project looks fishy" |
Synonyms | appear, seem |
Narrower | make; cut; feel; pass off; sound; come across; glow, beam, radiate, shine; glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine; leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out; rise, lift, rear; loom; feel |
Broader | be |
Nouns | look; look; look |
Meaning | Have a certain outward or facial expression. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective |
Model | The food does look good |
Examples | "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" |
Broader | be |
Nouns | look; look |
Meaning | Search or seek. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
Synonyms | search |
Entailed by | rout up, rout out |
Narrower | hunt; cruise; prospect; pry, nose, poke |
Broader | examine, see |
Meaning | Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point. Be opposite to. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond" |
Synonyms | front, face |
Narrower | confront |
Broader | lie |
Contrary | back |
Similar to | face |
Meaning | Take charge of or deal with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | attend, take care, see |
Narrower | minister; tend |
Broader | care, give care |
Meaning | Convey by one's expression. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Examples | "She looked her devotion to me" |
Broader | convey, impart |
Nouns | look |
Meaning | Look forward to the probable occurrence of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
Examples | "She is looking to a promotion" |
Synonyms | expect, await, wait |
Narrower | expect; look forward; look to; hang on, hold the line, hold on; anticipate, look for, look to |
Similar to | expect, anticipate |
Meaning | Accord in appearance with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "You don't look your age!" |
Broader | match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree |
Meaning | Have faith or confidence in. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Look to your friends for support" |
Synonyms | count, bet, depend, calculate, reckon |
Broader | trust, swear, rely, bank |