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look verb [ lʊk ]

• direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction.
• "people were looking at him"
Similar: glance, gaze, stare, gape, peer, fix one's gaze, focus, peep, peek, take a look, watch, examine, study, inspect, scan, scrutinize, survey, check, contemplate, consider, see, observe, view, regard, pay attention to, take note of, mark, check out, glimpse, spot, spy, lay one's eyes on, catch sight of, eye, take in, ogle, take a gander, have a squint, get a load of, rubberneck, recce, take a dekko, take a butcher's, take a shufti, clock, gawp, eyeball, behold, espy, descry,
Opposite: ignore,
• think of or regard in a specified way.
• "I look at tennis differently from some coaches"
Similar: regard, consider, think of, deem, judge, count, see, view, take, reckon, believe to be,
• have the appearance or give the impression of being.
• "her father looked unhappy"
Similar: seem, seem to be, appear, appear to be, give the impression of being, look to be, present as being, strike someone as being, resemble, bear a resemblance to, look similar to, have a look of, have the appearance of, remind one of, put one in mind of, make one think of, be the image of, echo, have (all) the hallmarks of, simulate, take after, be the spitting image of, be the spit of, be a dead ringer for, favour,
• rely on (someone) to do or provide something.
• "she will look to you for help"
Similar: turn to, resort to, have recourse to, fall back on, avail oneself of, make use of,

look noun

• an act of directing one's gaze in order to see someone or something.
• "let me get a closer look"
Similar: glance, observation, view, examination, study, inspection, scan, survey, sight, peep, peek, glimpse, gaze, stare, gape, ogle, eyeful, gander, look-see, once-over, squint, recce, shufti, dekko, butcher's, geek, squiz, Jack Nohi,
• the appearance of someone or something, especially as expressing a particular quality.
• "the bedraggled look of the village"
Similar: appearance, air, aspect, bearing, cast, manner, mien, demeanour, features, semblance, guise, facade, impression, effect, atmosphere, mood, quality, ambience, feeling, flavour,

look exclamation

• used to call attention to what one is going to say.
• "‘Look, this is ridiculous.’"
Origin: Old English lōcian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect lugen .

look one's age

• appear to be as old as one really is.
"she knew she didn't look her age"

look alive

• move more quickly and energetically.
"look alive out there Robbie!"

look before you leap

• you shouldn't act without first considering the possible consequences or dangers.

look down one's nose at

• regard (someone) with a feeling of superiority.
"when he occasionally pops down, it is to look down his nose at local people"

look someone in the eye

• look directly at someone without showing embarrassment, fear, or shame.
"I felt confident enough to look him straight in the eye"

look lively

• move more quickly and energetically.
"‘Look lively, men!’ Charlie shouted"

look the other way

• deliberately ignore wrongdoing by others.
"the authorities simply seem content to look the other way"

look sharp

• be quick.
"well, look sharp then, or else you'll keep Jos waiting"

look to the future

• consider and plan for what is in the future, rather than worrying about the past or present.
"the making of forecasts forces managers to think ahead, to look to the future"

look someone up and down

• scrutinize someone carefully.
"Fen looked her up and down consideringly before answering"

look after

• take care of someone or something.
"Meg is expected to come straight home from school and look after her younger sister"

look back

• think of the past.
"don't waste time looking back on things that have caused you distress"

look down on

• regard someone with a feeling of superiority.
"my mother had social pretensions and looked down on most of our neighbours"

look for

• attempt to find someone or something.
"Howard has been looking for you"

look forward to

• await something eagerly.
"we look forward to seeing you"

look in

• make a short visit or call.
"I will look in on you tomorrow"

look into

• investigate something.
"the police looked into his business dealings"

look on

• watch without getting involved.
"Cameron was looking on and making no move to help"

look out

• be vigilant and take notice.
"‘Look out!’ warned Billie, seeing a movement from the room beyond"

look over

• inspect something with a view to establishing its merits.
"they looked over a property in Great Marlborough Street"

look round

• walk round a place or building in order to view any interesting features.
"he spent the day looking round Edinburgh"

look through

• quickly read through a book or other written material.
"we looked through all the books and this was still the one we liked best"

look up

• search for and find a piece of information in a book or database.
"the translation process amounted to little more than looking up words in bilingual dictionaries"

look up to

• have a great deal of respect for someone.
"he needed a model, someone to look up to"

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