The Collaborative International Dictionary
Looking \Look"ing\, n.
The act of one who looks; a glance.
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The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face. [Obs.]
All dreary was his cheer and his looking.
--Chaucer.Looking for, anticipation; expectation. ``A certain fearful looking for of judgment.''
--Heb. x. 27.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of look for English)
WordNet
n. the act of searching visually [syn: looking]
Usage examples of "looking for".
Whoever had hit Mike Donne might or might not be looking for me, but I wasn't hanging around to find out.
He punched in the characteristics he was looking for, and waited interminably for Hell's computer system to run through its list of evildoers.
They're looking for the sensational, and if you're reasonable with them, they'll keep prodding you until you do something sensational.
If it was some kind of valuable pet, its owner would surely come looking for it, and soon.
We need top-quality people, and if he has the qualifications we're looking for, I'm in a position to offer him just about anything he wants.
The main reason I jumped at a chance of a game tonight was because every policeman in town is looking for me.
If I was looking for Morelli, I'd watch his relatives and his friends.
I honestly didn't know where to start looking for twenty-four lost caskets.
The days and nights I've spent walking about looking for Richard Devine, and never catching a glimpse of him.
They scope the checked bags, or at least they're supposed to, but they're looking for bombs.