Scan (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Rake
• Glance Over
• Run Down
• Skim

Hypernyms

• See

Meaning ²

Examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Hypernyms

• See

Related Words

• Scan (noun)

Meaning ³

Read metrically; "scan verses".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

• Recite

Related Words

• Scanner (noun)
• Scansion (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image.

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

• Displace

Related Words

• Scanner (noun)
• Scanning (noun)

Meaning ⁵

Conform to a metrical pattern.

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Meaning ⁶

Make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Related Words

• Scanner (noun)
• Scan (noun)

Meaning ⁷

Obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources; "This dictionary can be read by the computer".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Synonyms

• Read

Hypernyms

• Interpret
• See

Hyponyms

• Misread