Scan (Verb)
Meaning 1
Examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 2
Examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 3
Read metrically; "scan verses".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
Move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 6
Make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.