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(noun) the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars" |
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Related Words: examination, inspection, scrutiny |
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| 2. |
(verb) glance over or read superficially |
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Related Words: read |
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| 3. |
(verb) read metrically; "scan verses" |
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Related Words: declaim, recite |
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(verb) make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky" |
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Related Words: search |
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(verb) move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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| 6. |
(verb) examine hastily |
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Synonyms: glance over, rake, run down, skim |
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Related Words: examine |
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| 7. |
(verb) examine minutely or intensely |
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Related Words: examine, glass |
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(verb) conform to a metrical pattern; of poetic verse |
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Related Words: conform |
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(verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" |
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Synonyms: read |
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Related Words: construe, interpret, misread |
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