look

Universal Words verb, noun, exclamation verb use eyes 1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) to turn your eyes in a particular direction: If you look carefully you can just see our house from here. * She looked at me and smiled. * 'Has the mail come yet?' 'I'll look and see. * Look! I'm sure that's Brad Pitt! * Don't look now, but there's someone staring at you! seealsoFORWARD-LOOKING search 2 [V] ~ (for sb/sth) to try to find sb/sth: I can't find my book-I've looked everywhere. * Where have you been? We've been looking for you. * Are you still looking for a job? * We're looking for someone with experience for this post. pay attention 3 ~ (at sth) to pay attention to sth: [V] Look at the time! We're going to be late. * [Vwh-] Can't you look where you're going? appear / seem 4 linking verb ~ (to sb) like sb/sth to seem; to appear: [V-ADJ] to look pale / puzzled / sad / tired * That book looks interesting. * [V] That looks like an interesting book. * [V-N] That looks an interesting book. * You made me look a complete fool! seealsoGOOD-LOOKING 5 [V] ~ (to sb) like sb/sth