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Looking

adjective

1.

Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms. Synonym: sounding. "A most disagreeable looking character" , "Angry-looking" , "Liquid-looking" , "Severe-looking policemen on noble horses" , "Fine-sounding phrases" , "Taken in by high-sounding talk"

noun

1.

The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually. Synonyms: look, looking at. "His look was fixed on her eyes" , "He gave it a good looking at" , "His camera does his looking for him"

2.

The act of searching visually. Synonym: looking for.

Look

verb

(past & past part. looked; pres. part. looking)

1.

Perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards. "Look at your child!" , "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

2.

Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect. Synonyms: appear, seem. "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.

Have a certain outward or facial expression. "The child looks unhappy" , "She looked pale after the surgery"

4.

Search or seek. Synonym: search. "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

5.

Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to. Synonyms: face, front. "My backyard look onto the pond" , "The building faces the park" Antonym: back.

6.

Take charge of or deal with. Synonyms: attend, see, take care. "I must attend to this matter" , "She took care of this business"

7.

Convey by one's expression.

8.

Look forward to the probable occurrence of. Synonyms: await, expect, wait. "She is looking to a promotion" , "He is waiting to be drafted"

9.

Accord in appearance with.

10.

Have faith or confidence in. Synonyms: bet, calculate, count, depend, reckon. "Look to your friends for support" , "You can bet on that!" , "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

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"Looking" Quotes from Famous Books

... returned Alaska miner, Hiram Masterson, had looked when he rode about in Squire Lemington's carriage. But there was not the least resemblance so far as he could note between this elderly person and the gay-looking ...

— Fred Fenton on the Track - or, The Athletes of Riverport School • Allen Chapman

... elephants in Central Africa. During the dry season, when the withered herbage from 10 to 14 feet in height is most inflammable, a large herd of elephants may be found in the middle of such high grass that they can only be perceived should a person be looking down from some elevated point. If they should be espied by some native hunter, he would immediately give due notice to the neighbourhood, and in a short time the whole population would assemble for the hunt. This would be arranged by ...

— Wild Beasts and their Ways • Sir Samuel W. Baker

... entirely or absolutely separate the consideration of the present state of things from that of the successive phases through which they have passed. We can not form a just conception of their nature without looking back on the mode of their formation. It is not organic matter alone that is continually undergoing change, and being dissolved to form new combinations. The globe itself reveals at every phase of its existence the ...

— COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 • Alexander von Humboldt

... loud exclamation of applause and satisfaction, at these words, from those who had been looking on at this unpleasant scene; and the Sous Prefect warmly shook Ralph ...

— The Young Franc Tireurs - And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War • G. A. Henty

... Drag him down! Why don't you think of her, going up there to that dismal wilderness, to spend her days in toil and poverty, with a half-crazy mother-in-law, and a rheumatic brother- in-law, in such a looking hovel?" Mrs. Sewell did not group these disadvantages conventionally, but they were effective. "You have allowed your feelings about that baffling creature to blind you to everything else, David. Why should you care so much for his ...

— The Minister's Charge • William D. Howells

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