VERB | perception | scan | examine minutely or intensely |
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perception | scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down | examine hastily | |
contact | scan | make a wide, sweeping search of | |
stative | scan | conform to a metrical pattern | |
motion | scan | move a light beam over | |
communication | scan | read metrically | |
cognition | scan, read | obtain data from magnetic tapes | |
NOUN | act | scan | the act of scanning |
artifact | scan, CAT scan | an image produced by scanning |
Sounds | skae'n | |
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Rhymes | afghan / Afghan ... Yucatan: 118 rhymes with aen... |
Meaning | The act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region / region. | |
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Example | "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars" | |
Broader | examination, scrutiny | The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes / mistakes) |
Spanish | exploración, visualización | |
Catalan | exploració, visualització | |
Verbs | scan | make a wide, sweeping search of |
scan | examine minutely or intensely |
Meaning | An image produced by scanning. | |
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Synonym | CAT scan | |
Broader | picture, image, icon, ikon | A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface |
Verbs | scan | examine minutely or intensely |
Meaning | Examine minutely or intensely. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | The customs agents scan the bags for drugs | |
Example | "the surgeon scanned the X-ray" | |
Narrower | glass | Scan (game in the forest / forest) with binoculars |
Broader | examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
Spanish | escandir, escanear, escrutar | |
Catalan | escandir, examinar amb cura, explorar | |
Nouns | scan | the act of scanning |
scan | an image produced by scanning |
Meaning | Examine hastily. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" | |
Synonyms | skim, rake, glance over, run down | |
Broader | examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
Spanish | escudriñar, explorar, hurgar | |
Catalan | escodrinyar, escorcollar, examinar, explorar, furgar |
Meaning | make a wide, sweeping search of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The beams scanned the night sky" | |
Broader | search | subject to a search |
Spanish | escrutar | |
Nouns | scan | the act of scanning |
scanner | a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition | |
scanner | a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area |
Meaning | conform to a metrical pattern. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Category | poetry, poesy, verse | literature in metrical form |
Broader | conform | Be similar, be in line with |
Meaning | Move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Spanish | escanear | |
Catalan | escanejar | |
Nouns | scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
scanning | the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer |
Meaning | read metrically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "scan verses" | |
Broader | declaim, recite | recite in elocution |
Spanish | escandir | |
Nouns | scanner | someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables |
scansion | analysis of verse into metrical patterns |
Meaning | Obtain data from magnetic tapes. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | read | |
Narrower | misread | read or interpret wrongly |
Broader | interpret, construe, see | make sense of |
Spanish | examinar, explorar, leer, recuperar | |
Catalan | examinar, explorar, llegir |
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