look

I

n.

glance

expression

1) to get, have, take a look

2) to dart, shoot; steal a look

3) to give smb. a look

4) a blank, distant, faraway, vacant look (she had a faraway look in her eyes)

5) an anxious, worried; baleful; close, hard; come-hither, inviting; curious, strange; dirty, nasty, vicious; disapproving, stern; eloquent, meaningful; furtive; grim; haggard; hungry; inquiring, searching; knowing; penetrating; pensive, thoughtful; piercing; pleading; provocative; puzzled; rapt; scathing; sharp; sinister; skeptical; steady; sullen; suspicious; tender; troubled; withering look (she gave us a dirty look)

6) a second look (to take a second look at smt.)

appearance

7) a tailored look

misc.

8) good looks

II

v.

1) (d; intr.) to look after ('to watch') (to look after the children)

2) (D; intr.) to look at ('to examine') (to look at a painting)

3) (D; intr.) to look for ('to seek') (to look for a job)

4) (d; intr.) to look into ('to investigate') (to look into a complaint)

5) (d; intr.) to look like ('to resemble') (this horse looks like a winner; BE also has: this horse looks a winner)

6) (d; intr.) ('to appear') to look like (it looks like rain = it looks as if/as though it will rain)

7) (D; intr.) ('to watch') to look out (AE), out of (to look out of a window)

8) (d; intr.) to look through ('to direct one's gaze through') (to look through a telescope)

9) (d; intr.) to look through ('to examine') (to look through one's files)

10) (d; intr.) to look to ('to turn to') (to look to one's parents for help)

11) (s) she looks terrible

12) (misc.) to look smb. squarely in the eye; to look from one to the other; to look one's age

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[lʊk]

baleful

close

come-hither

curious

dirty

disapproving

distant

eloquent

faraway

furtive

grim

haggard

hard

hungry

inquiring

inviting

knowing

meaningful

nasty

penetrating

pensive

piercing

pleading

provocative

puzzled

rapt

scathing

searching

sharp: sinister

shoot

skeptical

steady

steal a look

stern

strange

sullen

suspicious

take a look

tender

thoughtful

to look from one to the other

to look one's age

troubled

vicious

worried

withering look (she gave us a dirty look)

vacant look (she had a faraway look in her eyes)

out of (to look out of a window)

(misc.) to look smb. squarely in the eye

(s) she looks terrible

['appearance'] a tailored look

['glance'] ['expression'] to get. have

['misc. '] good looks

a blank

an anxious

to dart

to give smb. a look

(D; intr.) ('to watch') to look out (AE)

(d; intr.) ('to appear') to look like (it looks like rain = it looks as if/as though it will rain)

(d: intr.) to look like (this horse looks like a winner; BE also has: this horse looks a winner; 'to resemble')

a second look (to take a second look at smt.)

a second look (to take a second look at smt.)

(d; intr.) to look after (to look after the children; 'to watch')

(D; intr.) to look at (to look at a painting; 'to examine')

(D; intr.) to look for (to look for a job; 'to seek')

(d; intr.) to look into (to look into a complaint; 'to investigate')

(d; intr.) to look through (to look through a telescope; 'to direct one's gaze through')

(d; intr.) to look through (to look through one's files; 'to examine')

(d; intr.) to look to (to look to one's parents for help; 'to turn to')