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English Dictionary: looking	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
looking adj appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high- sounding talk" Synonym(s): looking, sounding n the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" Synonym(s): look, looking, looking at the act of searching visually Synonym(s): looking, looking for
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Look \Look\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[omac]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[emac]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below. 2. To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action. 3. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy. It would look more like vanity than gratitude. --Addison. Observe how such a practice looks in another person. --I. Watts. 4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front. The inner gate that looketh to north. --Ezek. viii. 3. The east gate . . . which looketh eastward. --Ezek. xi. 1. 5. In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention. Look, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we expel of virtue. --Milton. Note: Look, in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent sentence, but see is oftener so used.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looking \Look"ing\, a. Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looking \Look"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who looks; a glance. 2. The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face. [Obs.] All dreary was his cheer and his looking. --Chaucer. {Looking for}, anticipation; expectation. [bd]A certain fearful looking for of judgment.[b8] --Heb. x. 27.