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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: look - loomery</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="look"> look, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>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) gaze, stare, observe, glance. <DD> b. to look hard; stare; glance or gaze in a certain way. Ex. to look questioningly or kindly at a person. Looking at one another like cat and dog (Henry Kingsley). <DD> 2. to search. Ex. I looked through the drawer to see if I could find my keys. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to pay attention; examine. Ex. You must look at all the facts. <DD> 4. to have a view; face. Ex. The house looks to the south upon a garden. These windows look to the north. <DD> 5. to show how one feels by one's appearance; seem; appear. Ex. She looks pale. Flowers look pretty. It looks as if it might rain. <DD> 6. to expect; anticipate. <DD> 7. (Figurative.) to tend; point; indicate. Ex. The facts look to this decision. <DD>v.t. 1. to direct a look at. Ex. to look one in the eyes. <DD> 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). <DD> 3. to appear as befits or accords with (one's character, condition, age, or other station); appear equal to. Ex. He doesn't look his age. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) to affect by looking in a certain way. Ex. to look down insubordination. <DD> 5. (British and Scottish.) to view; inspect; examine. <DD>noun 1. the act of looking; glance or gaze of the eyes; seeing. Ex. a mother's loving look at her baby. <DD> 2. a search; examination. Ex. Take a quick look around the house before you leave. <DD> 3. appearance; aspect. Ex. a kind look. A deserted house has a desolate look. expr. look after, <DD> a. to attend to; take care of. Ex. She looked after her little brother. The investor should look after his own interests (Law Times). <DD> b. to follow (a departing person or thing) with the eye. Ex. Every man at his tent door ... looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle (Exodus 33:8). expr. look alive, hurry up! be quick!. Ex. Look alive! Keep moving! 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). expr. look down on, to despise; scorn. Ex. The miser looked down on all beggars. expr. look down one's nose at. See under nose. expr. look for, to expect; anticipate. Ex. to look for a coming Messiah. We'll look for you tonight. expr. look forward to, to expect with pleasure; be eager for. Ex. The children are looking forward to the picnic. 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). expr. look into, to examine; inspect; investigate. Ex. The president of our club is looking into the problem. expr. look on, <DD> 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). <DD> b. to regard; consider. Ex. I look on him as a very able man. Although the experiments ... have been looked on with interest ... (Observer). expr. look oneself, to seem like oneself; seem well. Ex. But what's the matter, George? ... you don't look yourself (Dickens). expr. look out, to be careful; watch out. Ex. Look out for cars as you cross the street. expr. look over, to examine; inspect. Ex. The policeman looked over my license. expr. looks, <DD> a. personal appearance. Ex. Good looks means a good appearance. His looks are against him. <DD> b. (Informal.) attractive personal appearance. Ex. He has looks as well as money. <DD> c. (Informal.) appearance; aspect. Ex. I don't like the looks of this place. expr. look to, <DD> 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). <DD> b. (Figurative.) to turn to for help. Ex. The defeated army looked to its exiled leaders for help. <DD> c. (Figurative.) to look forward to; expect. Ex. I look to hear from you soon. expr. look up, <DD> a. to search for; refer to; find. Ex. He looked up the unfamiliar word in a dictionary. <DD> 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). <DD> c. (Informal.) to get better; improve. Ex. Things are looking up for me since I got the new job. expr. look upon, to regard; consider. Ex. Many parents look upon fireworks as a nuisance. 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). </DL> <A NAME="lookalike"> look-alike, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) <DD>noun one of a pair or a set that look just alike. Ex. Pre-engineered metal buildings were rather plain look-alikes (Wall Street Journal). <DD>adj. looking just alike; very similar. Ex. They wore look-alike silks (Time). </DL> <A NAME="looker"> looker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who looks. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) a person who is good-looking. </DL> <A NAME="lookeron"> looker-on, noun, pl. lookers-on.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who watches without taking part; spectator; onlooker. </DL> <A NAME="lookin"> look-in, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a glance in; hasty look. <DD> 2. a brief visit. <DD> 3. (Slang.) a chance of success, as in a horse race. <DD> 4. (Slang.) achance to participate, as in some venture. </DL> <A NAME="lookingglass"> looking glass,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =mirror. <DD> 2. the glass used in mirrors. </DL> <A NAME="lookingglass"> looking-glass, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) completely inverted or reversed; topsy-turvy. Ex. the looking-glass world of white supremacy south of the Zambesi (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="lookout"> lookout, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a careful watch for someone to come or for something to happen. Ex. Keep a sharp lookout for mother. Be on the lookout for a signal. <DD> 2. a place from which to watch. A tower or a crow's-nest is a lookout. <DD> 3. a person or group that has the duty of watching. Ex. The lookout cried, "Land Ho!" There was nothing to do but steer the ship, and relieve the lookouts at the mastheads (Herman Melville). <DD> 4. (Figurative.) what one sees ahead; outlook; prospect. Ex. See those clouds! A poor lookout for our picnic. <DD> 5. (Informal.) a thing to be cared for or worried about. Ex. Never you mind what I took her for, that's my lookout (Dickens). </DL> <A NAME="lookover"> look-over, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) an inspection or evaluation. </DL> <A NAME="looks"> looks, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under look. </DL> <A NAME="looksaymethod"> look-say method, =word method.</DL> <A NAME="looksee"> look-see, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a look, survey, inspection, or search. Ex. a quick look-see. The aim is to take a broad look-see and prepare a "white paper" on the findings (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="loom"> loom (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a frame or machine for weaving yarn or thread into cloth by interlacing the warp and the woof threads. Ex. Weave no more silks, ye Lyons looms (Julia Ward Howe). <DD> 2. the art, process, or business of weaving. Ex. a splendid silk of foreign loom (Tennyson). <DD> 3. the part of an oar between the blade and the handle or the part between the oarlock and the hand. <DD>v.t. to weave on a loom. </DL> <A NAME="loom"> loom (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to appear dimly or vaguely; appear as large and dangerous. Ex. A large iceberg loomed through the thick, gray fog. (Figurative.) War loomed ahead. (Figurative.) Little things loom large to an anxious mind. <DD>noun 1. an indistinct appearance or outline of a thing seen vaguely at a distance or through a fog. <DD> 2. the reflection on the clouds when the light from a lighthouse is below the horizon. </DL> <A NAME="loom"> loom (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =loon (1). <DD> 2. =guillemot. </DL> <A NAME="loom"> L.O.O.M.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Loyal Order of Moose. </DL> <A NAME="loomery"> loomery, noun, pl. -eries.<DL COMPACT><DD> a breeding place of loons or guillemots. </DL> <A HREF="loon.dic">NEXT</A>