LOOKING
Dictionary entry overview: What does looking mean?
• LOOKING (noun)
The noun LOOKING has 2 senses:
1. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
2. the act of searching visually
Familiarity information: LOOKING used as a noun is rare.
• LOOKING (adjective)
The adjective LOOKING has 1 sense:
1. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
Familiarity information: LOOKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LOOKING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
looking; looking at; look
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("looking" is a kind of...):
perception; sensing (becoming aware of something via the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "looking"):
coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse (a quick look)
sight; survey; view (the act of looking or seeing or observing)
lookout; outlook (the act of looking out)
observance; observation; watching (the act of observing; taking a patient look)
rubber-necking; sightseeing (going about to look at places of interest)
evil eye (a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm)
stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)
squint (the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed)
peek; peep (a secret look)
scrutiny (a prolonged intense look)
dekko (British slang)
Meaning:
The act of searching visually
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
looking for; looking
Hypernyms ("looking" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
• LOOKING (adjective)
Meaning:
Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
Synonyms:
looking; sounding
Context examples:
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
Similar:
superficial (being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually)
