LOOK


Meaning of LOOK in English

I

n.

glance

expression

1) to get, have, take a ~

2) to dart, shoot; steal a ~

3) to give smb. a ~

4) a blank, distant, faraway, vacant ~ (she had a faraway ~ in her eyes)

5) an anxious, worried; baleful; close, hard; come-hither, inviting; curious, strange; dirty, nasty, vicious; disapproving, stern; eloquent, meaningful; furtive; grim; haggard; hungry; inquiring, searching; knowing; penetrating; pensive, thoughtful; piercing; pleading; provocative; puzzled; rapt; scathing; sharp; sinister; skeptical; steady; sullen; suspicious; tender; troubled; withering ~ (she gave us a dirty ~)

6) a second ~ (to take a second ~ at smt.)

appearance

7) a tailored ~

misc.

8) good ~s

II

v.

1) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ after ('to watch') (to ~ after the children)

2) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ at ('to examine') (to ~ at a painting)

3) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to seek') (to ~ for a job)

4) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ into ('to investigate') (to ~ into a complaint)

5) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ like ('to resemble') (this horse ~s like a winner; BE also has: this horse ~s a winner)

6) ( d ; intr. ) ('to appear') to ~ like (it ~s like rain = it ~s as if/as though it will rain)

7) ( D ; intr. ) ('to watch') to ~ out ( AE ), out of (to ~ out of a window)

8) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to direct one's gaze through') (to ~ through a telescope)

9) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to examine') (to ~ through one's files)

10) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to turn to') (to ~ to one's parents for help)

11) (s) she ~s terrible

12) ( misc. ) to ~ smb. squarely in the eye; to ~ from one to the other; to ~ one's age

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.