look

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (15)  · 
“
You may have more intricate looking series to watch, but to say that you actually dislike the look is a tough sell.

View all »
Definitions (116)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (37)

  1. intransitive verb To employ one's sight, especially in a given direction or on a given object: looking out the window; looked at the floor.
  2. intransitive verb To search: We looked all afternoon but could not find it.
  3. intransitive verb To turn one's glance or gaze: looked to the right.
34 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (62)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (3)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (14)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 228 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

expression ·  smile ·  glance ·  feel ·  face ·  air ·  appearance ·  manner ·  touch ·  attitude

Used in the same contextWord Family

look:   looking ·  looked ·  looks
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (3)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English loken, from Old English lōcian.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. from Middle English loken, lokien, from Anglo-Saxon lōcian = Old Saxon lōkōn = Middle Dutch loken = Old High German luogēn, luagēn, luakēn, Middle High German luogen, German lugen, dial, lügen, look; further connections unknown. The Sanskrit √ lok, see, cannot be connected.
  2. from Middle English loke; from look, v.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ljuk/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word many times a day.

Recently looked up

COSMOS · imbibe · nua · opening · ingle

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

rimshot · qualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake · embodies