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lookdown |
lookdown fish |
looked-for |
looker |
looker-on |
looking
| looking at
| looking for
| looking glass
| looking glass tree
| looking up
looking
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun looking has 2 senses
- looking(n = noun.act) look, looking at - 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"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" is a kind of perception, sensing
- looking(n = noun.act) looking for - the act of searching visually; Array is a kind of hunt, hunting, search
has particulars: coup d'oeil, glance, glimpse, scrutiny, peek, peep, squint, stare, evil eye, rubber-necking, sightseeing, observance, observation, watching, lookout, outlook, sight, survey, view, dekko
Adjective looking has 1 sense
- looking(s = adj.all) sounding - appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"
CIDE DICTIONARY
looking, a.
Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc. [1913 Webster]
looking, n.
- The act of one who looks; a glance. [1913 Webster]
- The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face. [1913 Webster]"All dreary was his cheer and his looking." [1913 Webster]
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