looks (verb)

  • 21deform — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French desfurmer, from Latin deformare, from de + formare to form, from forma form Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to spoil the form of 2. a. to spoil the looks of ; …

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  • 22expect — verb Etymology: Latin exspectare to look forward to, from ex + spectare to look at, frequentative of specere to look more at spy Date: 1560 intransitive verb 1. archaic wait, stay 2. to look forward 3. to be pregnant …

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  • 23tagged — verb (T) 1 to fasten a tag onto something: Tag the bottles now or we ll forget which one is which. 2 be tagged as stupid/a failure etc to be thought of in a particular way that is difficult for you to change: He quit after 4¼ years because he… …

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  • 24tagging — verb (T) 1 to fasten a tag onto something: Tag the bottles now or we ll forget which one is which. 2 be tagged as stupid/a failure etc to be thought of in a particular way that is difficult for you to change: He quit after 4¼ years because he… …

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  • 25belong to — verb be a part or adjunct (Freq. 34) the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection These pages don t belong • Syn: ↑belong • Hyponyms: ↑inhere, ↑pertain, ↑appertain …

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  • 26look after — verb keep under careful scrutiny (Freq. 5) Keep an eye on this prisoner! • Hypernyms: ↑watch, ↑look out, ↑watch out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebo …

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  • 27look forward to — [verb] anticipate, await, expect, hope for, long for, look for, wait for * * * AWAIT WITH PLEASURE, eagerly anticipate, lick one s lips over, be unable to wait for, count the days until. → look * * * look forward to To anticipate with pleasure •… …

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  • 28look down — verb Etymology: Middle English looken doun, from looken to look + doun down intransitive verb 1. a. : to direct one s gaze in a downward direction especially from an elevated position the gods looked down from on high …

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  • 29lour, lower — ▶ verb SCOWL, frown, look sullen, glower, glare, give someone black looks, look daggers, look angry; informal give someone dirty looks. Opposites smile …

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  • 30proclaim — verb ADVERB ▪ loudly ▪ formally, officially ▪ openly, publicly ▪ proudly, triumphantly …

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