look

1. (verb) have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?" "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"

2. (noun) 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"
Synonyms: looking, looking at
Related Words: coup d'oeil, dekko, evil eye, glance, glimpse, lookout, observance, observation, outlook, peek, peep, perceiving, perception, rubber-necking, scrutiny, sensing, sight, sightseeing, stare, survey, view, watching

3. (verb) convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me"
Related Words: convey, impart

4. (verb) 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!"
Related Words: admire, eye, eyeball, gape, gawk, gawp, gaze, give the eye, give the glad eye, give the once over, glance, glint, gloat, goggle, have a look, leer, look around, look away, look back, look backward, ogle, peek, peep, peer, regard, squint, stare, take a look

5. (verb) give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "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"
Synonyms: appear, seem
Related Words: be, beam, come across, cut, feel, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, jump, jump out, leap out, lift, loom, make, pass off, radiate, rear, rise, shine, sound, stand out

6. (verb) accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!"
Related Words: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

7. (noun) physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place"
Related Words: appearance, visual aspect

8. (verb) look forward to the probably occurrence of: "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
Synonyms: await, expect, wait
Related Words: anticipate, expect, hang on, hold on, hold the line, look for, look forward, look to

9. (verb) search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
Synonyms: search
Related Words: examine, nose, poke, pry

10. (verb) face in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
Synonyms: face, front
Related Words: confront, lie

11. (noun) the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
Synonyms: aspect, expression, face, facial expression
Related Words: countenance, leer, light, spark, sparkle, visage

12. (verb) take charge of; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"
Synonyms: attend, see, take care
Related Words: care, give care, minister, tend

13. (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, smell, spirit, tone
Related Words: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere



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