Lexic.us

Definition of Looking

1. Noun. The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually. "His camera does his looking for him"

2. Adjective. Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms. "Taken in by high-sounding talk"

3. Noun. The act of searching visually.

Definition of Looking

1. a. Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good- looking, grand-looking, etc.

2. n. The act of one who looks; a glance.

Definition of Looking

1. Verb. (present participle of look) ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) The act of one who looks; a glance. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Looking

1. look [v] - See also: look

Lexicographical Neighbors of Looking

looked for looked into looked out looked over looked the part looked up lookee looker looker-on looker-upper

lookers lookers-on lookest looketh lookin' looking (current term) looking after looking at looking down looking for

looking into looking out looking over looking the part

Literary usage of Looking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"Will stood still an instant looking at her, then seated himself beside her, ... They sat in that way without looking at each other, until the rain abated ..."

2. Europe and America Beyond 2000 by Pierre Hassner, Gregory F. Treverton (1990)
"Introduction: looking Beyond 2000 Gregory F. Treverton The year 2000, which we have ... looking beyond 2000 thus means looking at underlying structures, ..."

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