look
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
Verb 4 meanings
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
“They kept looking at me.”
To appear, to seem.
“Our new boss looks to be friendly.”
To give an appearance of being.
“What a fright you looked in that hideous outfit.”
To search for, to try to find.
Interjection 1 meaning
Pay attention.
“Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely.”
Noun 3 meanings
The action of looking; an attempt to see.
“Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.”
Physical appearance, visual impression.
“She got her mother’s looks.”
A facial expression.
“He gave me a dirty look.”
Etymology
From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Further origin unknown, no certain cognates outside Germanic. Cognate with Scots luke, luik, leuk (“to look, see”), West Frisian lôkje, loaitsje (“to look”), Dutch loeken (“to look”), German Low German löken.
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LOOK at a glance
LOOK has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + O 1 + K 5) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #143 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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