look in Malayalam മലയാളം
look in Marathi मराठी
look in Sindhi سنڌي
look in English
- look⇄expr. look after,
a. to attend to; take care of.
Ex. She looked after her little brother. The investor should look after his own interests (Law Times).
b. to follow (a departing person or thing) with the eye.
Ex. Every man at hi - look⇄expr. look alive, hurry up! be quick!.
Ex. Look alive! Keep moving! - look⇄expr. look back, to think about the past; recollect.
Ex. An era in its history has ended. It may be worthwhile at this moment to look back and try to see what has happened (Edmund Wilson). - look⇄expr. look down on, to despise; scorn.
Ex. The miser looked down on all beggars. - look⇄expr. look down one's nose at. See under nose.
- look⇄expr. look for, to expect; anticipate.
Ex. to look for a coming Messiah. We'll look for you tonight. - look⇄expr. look forward to, to expect with pleasure; be eager for.
Ex. The children are looking forward to the picnic. - look⇄expr. look in, to make a short visit.
Ex. Look in this afternoon. I just wanted to tell him he'd be welcome to look in (Graham Greene). - look⇄expr. look into, to examine; inspect; investigate.
Ex. The president of our club is looking into the problem. - look⇄expr. look on,
a. to watch without taking part.
Ex. The teacher conducted the experiment while we looked on. He himself was largely forced to look on (Edmund Wilson).
b. to regard; consider.
Ex. I look on him as a very able man. - look⇄expr. look oneself, to seem like oneself; seem well.
Ex. But what's the matter, George? ... you don't look yourself (Dickens). - look⇄expr. look out, to be careful; watch out.
Ex. Look out for cars as you cross the street. - look⇄expr. look over, to examine; inspect.
Ex. The policeman looked over my license. - look⇄expr. look to,
a. to attend to; take care of.
Ex. A man who has the affairs of such a great bank as ours to look to, must be up with the lark (Thackeray).
b. (Figurative.) to turn to for help.
Ex. The defeated army looked to its - look⇄expr. look up to, to respect; admire.
Ex. We look up to Washington as a founder of our country. Sweden looks up to British agriculture as the model for imitation (Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society). - look⇄expr. look up,
a. to search for; refer to; find.
Ex. He looked up the unfamiliar word in a dictionary.
b. (Informal.) to call on; visit.
Ex. Look me up when you come to town. You'd better look him up at his hotel (Harper's). < - look⇄expr. look upon, to regard; consider.
Ex. Many parents look upon fireworks as a nuisance. - look⇄expr. looks,
a. personal appearance.
Ex. Good looks means a good appearance. His looks are against him.
b. (Informal.) attractive personal appearance.
Ex. He has looks as well as money.
c. (Informal.) appearance; aspect. - look⇄look, verb, noun.
- look⇄noun 1. the act of looking; glance or gaze of the eyes; seeing.
Ex. a mother's loving look at her baby.
2. a search; examination.
Ex. Take a quick look around the house before you leave.
3. appearance; aspect.
Ex. a kind l - look⇄v.i. 1a. to turn the eyes; try to see; see.
Ex. Look at the pictures. He looked this way. I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion (Revelation 14:1). It's all his imagining. I've never looked at another man (John Strange).
(SYN) gaz - look⇄v.t. 1. to direct a look at.
Ex. to look one in the eyes.
2. to express or suggest by looks.
Ex. He said nothing but looked his disappointment. The old lady ... looked carving-knives at the ... delinquent (Dickens).
3. to appear