look🔊

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. +

{{non-gloss|As an intransitive verb, often with "at".}}

(colloquial) {{non-gloss|As a transitive verb, often in the (imperative); chiefly takes {{glossary|relative clause}} as direct object.}}

(appear) To appear, to seem.

(copulative) To give an appearance of being.

(with "for") To search for, to try to find.

To face or present a view.

To expect or anticipate.

To express or manifest by a look.

(with "to") To make sure of, to see to.

(figurative) To show oneself in looking.

(dialectal) To check, to make sure (of something).

(obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.

(obsolete) To seek; to search for.

(obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.

(baseball)(baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.

Pay attention.

The action of looking; an attempt to see.

(often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.

A facial expression.