Emily Dickinson Lexicon

look (-ed, -eth, -ing, -s), v. [OE lócian.]

1. Search; seek visually; scan to find.
2. Gaze; peer; direct the line of sight.
3. Examine; observe; apply the mind.
4. Seem; appear to be.
5. See; consider; [imperative] notice; pay attention.
6. Behold; choose to see; direct one's eyes.
7. Focus; concentrate.
8. Appear; manifest to view; display characteristic features.
9. Stare at; fix the gaze of eyes upon.
10. Phrase. “look for”: expect; anticipate; count on seeing.
11. Phrase. “look out for”: watch for; be attentive in order to see.
12. Phrase. “look for”: seek; search for.
13. Phrase. “look at”: consider; behold; observe; watch; gaze on.
14. Phrase. “looking back”: in retrospect; after further consideration.
15. Phrase. “look back for” / “look back on”: remember; recall.
16. Phrase. “Look down upon”: transcend; escape from; rise above; view from on high; [fig.] supersede; despise; sneer at; be contemptuous of.
17. Phrase. “look up”: gaze upward; [fig.] awake; open the eyes.
18. Phrase. “look upon” / “look opon” / “look on”: behold; observe; gaze at; [fig.] perceive; form a mental perception of.
19. Phrase. “Look to it”: watch out that; take care that; keep an eye on it so that; [fig.] scan it; measure it; assess it; evaluate it.
20. Phrase. “look in the face” / “look in the eye”: gaze directly at; make eye contact with.
21. Phrase. “look for”: expect; await; anticipate; watch for.
22. Phrase. “look around”: investigate; seek information.
23. Phrase. “get the look at”: have the opportunity to see.