look

look

look (third-person singular simple present looks, present participle looking, simple past and past participle looked)

1. (intransitive, often with ""at"") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

   Look at my new car!

   Don’t look in the closet.

2. To appear, to seem.

   It looks as if it’s going to rain soon.

3. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.

   That painting looks nice.

4. (intransitive, often with ""for"") To search for, to try to find.
5. To face or present a view.

   The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush.

6. To expect or anticipate.

   I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival.

7. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, chapter 6, Monk Samson:

     Once, slipping the money clandestinely, just in the act of taking leave, he slipt it not into her hand but on the floor, and another had it; whereupon the poor Monk, coming to know it, looked mere despair for some days […]

8. (transitive, often with ""to"") To make sure of, to see to.
   • 1898, Homer, Samuel Butler (translator), The Odyssey,

     ""Look to it yourself, father,"" answered Telemachus, ""for they say you are the wisest counsellor in the world, and that there is no other mortal man who can compare with you. ...

look (plural looks)

1. The action of looking, an attempt to see.

   Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.

2. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.

   She got her mother’s looks.

   I don’t like the look of the new design.

3. A facial expression.

   He gave me a dirty look.

   If looks could kill...

	guardare
	to try to see
	Usare attivamente gli occhi
	To actively use ones eyes.

	aspetto
	physical appearance

	sembrare
	to appear, to seem
	To have a given outward appearance.

	occhiata
	action of looking

apparenza

parere

	apparire
	to appear, to seem

	aria
	Un'espressione che indica un certo stato d'animo.
	An expression or appearance indicating a certain state of mind.

	osservare
	Usare attivamente gli occhi
	To actively use ones eyes.

sguardo

	cercare
	to search

andatura

cera

controllare

dare un'occhiata

dimostrare

ecco

esaminare

espressione

faccia

mirare

notabilità

piglio

sembianza

spiare

vedere

vigilare

visione

volto

Altri significati:

have a certain appearance

look (at)

To expect or anticipate.

(copulative) To give an appearance of being.

(intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.

To face or present a view.

look (sad, glad)

A facial expression.

(transitive) To express or manifest by a look.

(transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.

to face

The action of looking, an attempt to see.

to expect

(intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

facial expression

(a) look

To appear, to seem.

(to) look

(often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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