Look \Look\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Looked; p. pr. & vb. n. Looking.]

[OE. loken, AS. l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)