Usually means: Perceive with eyes; visually observe.
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  3. Look (Alpine bindings), Look (disambiguation), look: Legal dictionary
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Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
verb:  (intransitive) As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
verb:  (transitive, colloquial) As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
verb:  To appear, to seem.
verb:  (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
verb:  (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
verb:  To face or present a view.
verb:  To expect or anticipate.
verb:  (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
verb:  (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
verb:  (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking.
verb:  (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To check, to make sure (of something).
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
verb:  (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
noun:  The action of looking; an attempt to see.
noun:  (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
noun:  A facial expression.
noun:  A surname transferred from the given name.
noun:  A surname from Chinese.

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