look
English
/lʊk/, /luːk/, /luːx/
verb
Definitions
- To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- To appear, to seem.
- (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
- (intransitive) To search for, to try to find.
- To face or present a view.
- To expect or anticipate.
- (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
- (transitive) To make sure of, to see to.
- (dated) To show oneself in looking.
- (transitive) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
- (transitive) To seek; to search for.
- (transitive) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
- (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English loken inherited from Old English lōcian (look, see, belong, pertain, observe, notice, take heed, regard with favor, gaze, behold) inherited from *lōkōn (see, look).
Origin
*lōkōn
Gloss
see, look
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
見
Emoji
🙈 🪚
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 'ee English
- afterlook English
- ahead English
- alike English
- around English
- aside English
- back English
- bad-looking English
- behind English
- belook English
- book English
- down English
- forelook English
- forthlook English
- free English
- freelook English
- full-looking English
- hind English
- hindlook English
- inlook English
- lew English
- look-back English
- lookability English
- lookable English
- lookahead English
- lookalike English
- lookaround English
- lookaside English
- lookbehind English
- lookbook English
- lookdown English
- lookee English
- looker English
- lookest English
- looketh English
- lookful English
- looking English
- lookism English
- lookist English
- lookless English
- lookoff English
- lookover English
- looksome English
- lookt English
- looky-loo English
- mislook English
- mouse English
- mouselook English
- negative lookahead English
- negative lookaround English
- negative lookbehind English
- nice-looking English
- nonlookahead English
- off English
- on English
- onlook English
- onlooker English
- onlooking English
- outlook English
- over English
- overlook English
- overlookable English
- overlooker English
- positive lookahead English
- positive lookaround English
- positive lookbehind English
- relook English
- underlook English
- underlooker English
- unlooking English
- uplook English
- wet English
- wetlook English
- Look German
- loeken Dutch, Flemish
- look French
- look Spanish, Castilian
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- ルッキズム Japanese
- locian Old English
- lōcian Old English
- lōciende Old English
- ymblocian Old English
- लोक् Sanskrit
- beloken Middle English
- forthloken Middle English
- loken Middle English
- lokinge Middle English
- misloken Middle English
- overloken Middle English
- umbeloken Middle English
- underloken Middle English
- uploken Middle English
- vorloken Middle English
- lúkk Icelandic
- loeken Middle Dutch
- luogēn Old High German
- *lōkōn gmw-pro
- *luoken Old Dutch
- lokon Old Saxon
- aaluege Alemannic German
- luege Alemannic German
- ufeluege Alemannic German
- leuk Scots
- luk Tok Pisin
- lukim Tok Pisin
- lukluk Tok Pisin
- luksave Tok Pisin
- läk- Tocharian B
- luku Sranan Tongo
- läk- Tocharian A
- on
- off
- 'ee
- wet
- lew
- hind
- book
- over
- down
- free
- back
- aside
- lookt
- ahead
- alike
- mouse
- around
- relook
- inlook
- belook
- uplook
- looker
- behind
- onlook
- lookee
- looking
- outlook
- lookful
- wetlook
- lookist
- lookoff
- looketh
- mislook
- lookest
- lookism
- overlook
- forelook
- lookover
- lookless
- lookbook
- lookable
- looksome
- onlooker
- freelook
- hindlook
- lookdown
- look-back
- underlook
- forthlook
- lookalike
- onlooking
- mouselook
- unlooking
- afterlook
- lookaside
- looky-loo
- lookahead
- lookaround
- overlooker
- lookbehind
- lookability
- underlooker
- bad-looking
- full-looking
- nice-looking
- nonlookahead
- overlookable
- positive lookahead
- negative lookahead
- positive lookaround
- negative lookbehind
- negative lookaround
- positive lookbehind