look
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(verb) have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?" "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: looking, looking at |
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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 |
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(verb) convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me" |
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Related Words: convey, impart |
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(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!" |
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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 |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: appear, seem |
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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 |
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(verb) accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" |
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Related Words: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
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(noun) physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place" |
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Related Words: appearance, visual aspect |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: await, expect, wait |
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Related Words: anticipate, expect, hang on, hold on, hold the line, look for, look forward, look to |
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(verb) search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
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Synonyms: search |
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Related Words: examine, nose, poke, pry |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: face, front |
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Related Words: confront, lie |
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(noun) the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" |
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Synonyms: aspect, expression, face, facial expression |
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Related Words: countenance, leer, light, spark, sparkle, visage |
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(verb) take charge of; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" |
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Synonyms: attend, see, take care |
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Related Words: care, give care, minister, tend |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, smell, spirit, tone |
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Related Words: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere |
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