Verb

(en verb)

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

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To appear, to seem.

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*170? , (Joseph Addison), Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. , Dedication

*:but should I publish any favours done me by your Lordship, I am afraid it would look more like vanity than gratitude.

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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

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*2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves

*:Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.

(lb) To give an appearance of being.

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To search for, to try to find.

To face or present a view.

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*Bible, (w) xi. 1

*:the east gatewhich looketh eastward

To expect or anticipate.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:looking each hour into death's mouth to fall

(lb) To express or manifest by a look.

*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

*:Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again.

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To make sure of, to see to.

*1898 , (Homer), (Samuel Butler) (translator),

*:"Look to it yourself, father," answered Telemachus, "for they say you are the wisest counsellor in the world, and that there is no other mortal man who can compare with you.

To show oneself in looking.

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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:My toes look through the overleather.

To look at; to turn the eyes toward.

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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes..

To seek; to search for.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:Looking my love, I go from place to place.

To expect.

:(Shakespeare)

To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.

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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:A spirit fit to start into an empire, / And look the world to law.

(senseid)(lb) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.

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Verb

To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

The dock workers refused to load the ship.

To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.

The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.

He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.

To put a load on something.

The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading .

To receive a load.

''The truck is designed to load easily.

To be placed into storage or conveyance.

The containers load quickly and easily .

To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.

I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.

To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.

Now that you've loaded the film you're ready to start shooting.

To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.

The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.

To be put into use in an apparatus.

The cartridge was designed to load easily.

(computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.

Click OK to load the selected data.

(computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.

This program takes an age to load .

(baseball) To put runners on first]], [[second base, second and third bases

He walks to load the bases.

To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.

You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.

The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.

To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.

To encumber with something negative.

The new owners had loaded the company with debt.

To place as an encumbrance.

The new owners loaded debt on the company.

To provide in abundance.

He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.

He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.

(transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.

to load wine

(archaic) To magnetize.

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