1. (verb)look 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!"
2. (verb)look, appear, seem 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"
3. (verb)look have a certain outward or facialexpression "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
4. (verb)search, look search or seek
"We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
5. (verb)front, look, face 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"; "The building faces the park"
6. (verb)attend, take care, look, see take charge of or deal with
"Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"
7. (verb)look convey by one's expression "She looked her devotion to me"
8. (verb)expect, look, await, wait lookforward to the probableoccurrence of
"We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
9. (verb)look accord in appearance with
"You don't look your age!"
10. (verb)count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon havefaith or confidence in
"you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
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