Look Definition
lo͝ok
looked, looking, looks
verb
looked, looking, looks
To employ one's sight, especially in a given direction or on a given object.
Looking out the window; looked at the floor.
American Heritage
To make use of the sense of sight; see.
Webster's New World
To search.
We looked all afternoon but could not find it.
American Heritage
To express by one's looks, or appearance.
To look one's disgust.
Webster's New World
To bring to a certain condition by looking.
Webster's New World
noun
looks
The act of looking; glance.
Webster's New World
Outward impression; appearance; aspect.
The look of a beggar.
Webster's New World
Appearance; the way something seems to be.
From the looks of things.
Webster's New World
Personal appearance, esp. of a pleasing nature.
To have looks and youth.
Webster's New World
A distinctive, unified manner of dress or fashion.
The preferred look for this fall.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
interjection
Direct your eyes and attention to this; see.
Webster's New World
Pay attention.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A surname.
Wiktionary
idiom
look a gift horse in the mouth
- To be critical or suspicious of something one has received without expense.
American Heritage
look alive
- To act or respond quickly:
Look alive! We leave in five minutes.
American Heritage
look down on
- To regard with contempt or condescension.
American Heritage
look down (one's) nose at
- To regard with contempt or condescension.
American Heritage
look forward to
- To think of (a future event) with pleasurable, eager anticipation:
looking forward to graduation.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Look
- look a gift horse in the mouth
- look alive
- look down on
- look down (one's) nose at
- look forward to
- look in on
- look the other way
- look up to
- it looks like
- look after
- look alive
- look back
- look down on
- look for
- look forward to
- look in (on)
- look into
- look on
- look (like) oneself
- look out
- look out for
- look over
- look the other way
- look to
- look up
- look up and down
- look upon
- look up to
Origin of Look
Middle English loken from Old English lōcian
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the English given name Luke.
From Wiktionary
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