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scan
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- pronunciation:
- skaen
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
scans, scanning, scanned |
| definition 1: |
to read or look over quickly; skim.
I scan the job listings in the newspaper every morning.- synonyms:
- browse, leaf through, look, skim, survey
- similar words:
- peruse, read, run down
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| definition 2: |
to look at or examine carefully; scrutinize.
We are scanning the area for enemy planes.
- synonyms:
- explore, scour, scrutinize, survey
- similar words:
- examine, inspect, investigate, peruse, probe, scope, search, sift, study
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| definition 3: |
to move a radar, electron, or other beam over, or subject to magnetic or sound waves, in order to search for targets or information or to transmit images.
- similar words:
- examine, explore, inspect, sweep, track
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| definition 4: |
to check automatically for recorded data, as on a magnetic tape.
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| definition 5: |
to read (verse) for metrical rhythm or patterns.
- similar words:
- analyze, read
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| related words: |
contemplate, glance, monitor, overlook, scour, view |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
of verse, to have the correct or accepted metrical pattern.
The poem does not scan. |
| definition 2: |
to analyze the metrical structure of verse.
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| related words: |
pry |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act, process, or instance of scanning.
- synonyms:
- examination, perusal, scrutiny
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| definition 2: |
an instance or the process of using a scanner, esp. a medical scanner that produces images of living tissue.
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| definition 3: |
an image produced in this way.
a brain scan |
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| derivation: |
scannable (adj.) |
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