Definition for LOOK

LOOK, n.

  1. Cast of countenance; air of the face; aspect; as, a high look is an index of pride; a downcast look indicates modesty, bashfulness, or depression of mind. Pain, disgrace and poverty have frightful looks. – Locke.
  2. The act of looking or seeing. Every look filled him with anguish.
  3. View; watch. – Swinburne.

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