look

Plural: looks

Noun

• the feelings expressed on a person's face
  • "a look of triumph"
• the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
  • "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"
• physical appearance
  • "I don't like the looks of this place"
• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
• The action of looking; an attempt to see.
• Physical appearance, visual impression.
• A facial expression.

Verb

Verb Forms: looked, looking, looks

• To direct one's eyes in a particular direction; to perceive.
• perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
  • "She looked over the expanse of land"
  • "Look at your child!"
  • "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
• give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
  • "This project looks fishy"
• have a certain outward or facial expression
  • "How does she look?"
  • "The child looks unhappy"
  • "She looked pale after the surgery"
• search or seek
  • "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"
  • "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
• be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
  • "The house looks north"
  • "My backyard look onto the pond"
• take charge of or deal with
• convey by one's expression
  • "She looked her devotion to me"
• look forward to the probable occurrence of
  • "She is looking to a promotion"
• accord in appearance with
  • "You don't look your age!"
• have faith or confidence in
  • "Look to your friends for support"
• To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
• To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
• To appear, to seem.
• To give an appearance of being.
• To search for, to try to find.
• To face or present a view.
• To expect or anticipate.
• To express or manifest by a look.
• To make sure of, to see to.
• To show oneself in looking.
• To check, to make sure (of something).
• To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• To seek; to search for.
• To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.

Intj

• Pay attention.

Examples

• (UK) He always looks like scoring a goal if not two.
• Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat.
• Don’t look in the closet.
• He gave me a dirty look.
• I don’t like the look of the new design.
• I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival.
• If looks could kill ...
• It looks as if [or like] I'm stuck with you.
• It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like rain [is coming].
• It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it.
• Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.
• Look out of the window [i.e. lean out] while I speak to you.
• Look what you did to him!
• Look who's back!
• Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely.
• Our new boss looks to be friendly.
• She got her mother’s looks.
• Smart players LOOK for opportunities to play on bonus squares, not just any open spot.
• That painting looks nice.
• The fastball caught him looking.
• The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush.
• They kept looking at me.
• to look down opposition
• You didn't use to look so dismal, but now you look/are looking positively unhappy.
• You looked a fool when you slipped on a banana peel.
• You’re looking worried. Whaddya thinking about?

Synonyms

appear, aspect, attend, await, bet, calculate, count, depend, expect, expression, face, facial expression, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, front, looking, looking at, reckon, search, see, seem, smell, spirit, take care, tone, wait, behold, clock, geek, hey, kool, listen, listen up, look, look at me, regard, so, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada, viddy, view, well

Antonyms

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Related Words

cinéma du look, eye

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