The Collaborative International Dictionary
Look \Look\ (l[oo^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Looked; p. pr. & vb. n. Looking.] [OE. loken, AS. l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]n.]
To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.
To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action.
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To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.
It would look more like vanity than gratitude.
--Addison.Observe how such a practice looks in another person.
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To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.
The inner gate that looketh to north.
--Ezek. viii. 3.The east gate . . . which looketh eastward.
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In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.
Look, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we expel of virtue.
--Milton.Note: Look, in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent sentence, but see is oftener so used.
Look that ye bind them fast.
--Shak.Look if it be my daughter.
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To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively.
My toes look through the overleather.
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To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate. Looking each hour into death's mouth to fall. --Spenser. To look about, to look on all sides, or in different directions. To look about one, to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to be circumspect or guarded. To look after. (a) To attend to; to take care of; as, to look after children. (b) To expect; to be in a state of expectation. Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. --Luke xxi. 26. (c) To seek; to search. My subject does not oblige me to look after the water, or point forth the place where to it is now retreated. --Woodward. To look at, to direct the eyes toward so that one sees, or as if to see; as, to look at a star; hence, to observe, examine, consider; as, to look at a matter without prejudice. To look black, to frown; to scowl; to have a threatening appearance. The bishops thereat repined, and looked black. --Holinshed. To look down on or To look down upon, to treat with indifference or contempt; to regard as an inferior; to despise. To look for. (a) To expect; as, to look for news by the arrival of a ship. ``Look now for no enchanting voice.'' --Milton. (b) To seek for; to search for; as, to look for lost money, or lost cattle. To look forth. (a) To look out of something, as from a window. (b) To threaten to come out. --Jer. vi.
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(Rev. Ver.). To look forward to. To anticipate with an expectation of pleasure; to be eager for; as, I am looking forward to your visit. To look into, to inspect closely; to observe narrowly; to examine; as, to look into the works of nature; to look into one's conduct or affairs. To look on.
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To regard; to esteem.
Her friends would look on her the worse.
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To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think of.
I looked on Virgil as a succinct, majestic writer.
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To be a mere spectator. I'll be a candleholder, and look on. --Shak. To look out, to be on the watch; to be careful; as, the seaman looks out for breakers. To look through.
To see through.
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To search; to examine with the eyes. To look to or To look unto.
To watch; to take care of. ``Look well to thy herds.''
--Prov. xxvii. 23.To resort to with expectation of receiving something; to expect to receive from; as, the creditor may look to surety for payment. ``Look unto me, and be ye saved.''
--Is. xlv. 2
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To look up, to search for or find out by looking; as, to look up the items of an account.
To look up to, to respect; to regard with deference.
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Usage examples of "to look down on".
They not only kept him from feeling utterly alone, they gave him someone to look down on, too.
The thought occurred to him of the life-after-death accounts of people who had been declared dead, were brought back to life, and later described how they were able to look down on their own bodies.
I should as soon expect our waiter today to look down on me because I served him as a doctor, as think of looking down on him because he serves me as a waiter.
And if she be a widow, she takes it upon herself everywhere to look down on everybody, and is inflamed to all boldness by the spirit of pride.
But already the mere fact that she might henceforth, if she chose, be utterly out of reach of such bribes, enabled her to look down on them with tolerance.
It had been shown that certain peoples felt more comfortable when they were physically able to look down on someone they regarded as a potential threat.
He could alter the angle of view now so that they seemed to look down on her as they followed her course.
The closed eyes seemed to slowly open, to look down on the kneeling people, and gradually, to seek me out.
I had been raised not to look down on anyone and not to blame others for my own problems or shortcomings.
He wrapped his fingers tightly around the edges of the chair, and continued to look down on - or was it into - the rotating spiral.
Such a pleasure to look down on a straight part in glossy black hair.
The curving streets topped hills to reveal thin towers, their tiled walls sparkling with a hundred colors in the sunlight, or to look down on parks laid out in patterns made to be viewed from above, or to show sweeping vistas across the entire city to the rolling plains and forests beyond.