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1. Perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
   "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
    
2. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
   "This project looks fishy";
   - appear, seem
    
3. Have a certain outward or facial expression
   "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
    
4. Spend time trying to find
   "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest";
   - search
    
5. Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
   "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond";
   - front, face
    
6. Take charge of or deal with
   "I must look to this matter";
   - attend, take care, see
    
7. Convey by one's expression
   "She looked her devotion to me"
    
8. Look forward to the probable occurrence of
   "She is looking to a promotion";
   - expect, await, wait
    
9. Accord in appearance with
   "You don't look your age!"
    
10. Have faith or confidence in
    "Look to your friends for support";
    - count, bet, depend, calculate, reckon

1. The feelings expressed on a person's face
   "a look of triumph";
   - expression, aspect, facial expression, face
    
2. The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
   "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes";
   - looking, looking at, gander
    
3. Physical appearance
   "I don't like the looks of this place"
    
4. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
   "a clergyman improved the look of the meeting";
   - spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], smell

Derived forms: looked, looking, looks

See also: look after, look away, look back, look for, look into, look on, look up, look up to

Type of: agree, ambiance, ambience, appearance, atmosphere, bank, be, care, check, convey, correspond, countenance, examine, fit, gibe, give care, jibe, lie, marry, marry up, match, perception, rely, see, sensing, swear, tally, trust, visage, visual aspect

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