Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Appearance; aspect; countenance.
- noun Glance of the eye; regard.
- noun Search or searching: as, a careful looking for names and dates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives
- noun The act of one who looks; a glance.
- noun obsolete The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.
- noun anticipation; expectation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
look . - noun obsolete The act of one who looks; a
glance . - noun obsolete The manner in which one looks;
appearance ;countenance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
- noun the act of searching visually
- noun the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
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Examples
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The reality is, when a man has been looking at his wife for x amount of years,,looking at someone else's wife in sexy clothing is a whole lot more fun.
"Jealous Wives Threaten Military Spouse Over Calendar" - SpouseBUZZ 2008
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In _who are looking reproach_, what is the object complement of _are looking_?
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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LESSON IX. impos'ing, _grand looking; of great size_. glar'ing, _fierce looking_. lim'its, _space_.
New National Fourth Reader J. Marshall Hawkes
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In _who are looking reproach_, what is the object complement of _are looking_?
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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In _who are looking reproach_, what is the object complement of _are looking_?
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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Or rather, she felt that she was neither looking up nor down, but that she was looking_ through ....
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Capella Palatine, which from pavement to domed ceiling is all gold: one really feels as if one was sitting in the heart of a great honey-comb looking at angels singing: and _looking_ at angels, or indeed at people, singing, is much nicer than listening to them, for this reason: the great artists always give to their angels lutes without strings, pipes without vent-holes, and reeds through which no wind can wander or make whistlings.
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1877
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I didn’t make a habit of looking at emails unless management was looking for something, usually a reason to fire someone..looking at porno or what not..
Think Progress » Under Fire, ABC Yanks Official Blog of 9/11 Docudrama 2006
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I pored over the label looking for the list of ingredients and found nothing but a crude list of warnings.
Christopher Gavigan: 5 Secrets Conventional Cleaning Product Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know 2009
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Sometimes I see his expression looking back at me in the mirror, or in the odd photograph; a delicious ironic look full of mischief.
Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008
TankHughes commented on the word looking
The king of toilets!!
September 17, 2015