look | Lernwerd

Forms

1.To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- Look how they massacred my boy.
- Look what you did to him!
- They kept looking at me.
2.To appear, to seem.
- Our new boss looks to be friendly.
- It looks as if [or like] I'm stuck with you.
- You didn't use to look so dismal, but now you look/are looking positively unhappy.
3.To give an appearance of being.
- You’re looking worried. Whaddya thinking about?
- You looked a fool when you slipped on a banana peel.
4.To search for, to try to find.
- We look up to him as a good senior.
- In the worst case scenario we'll just have to look as happy as we can.
- What did the experimental set-up look like? What was connected to what and how?

1.Pay attention.
- Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely.
- ‘Look,’ he began, and she flapped a hand to stop him. ‘For God’s sake don’t say anything that starts with “look”. Sentences like that lead anywhere and they’re always fatal.’

1.Physical appearance, visual impression.
- I don’t like the look of the new design.
- She got her mother’s looks.
2.A facial expression.
- He gave me a dirty look.
- If looks could kill ..
3.The action of looking; an attempt to see.
- Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.

Very common· #81

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn

Old English lōcian

Middle English loken

English look