looked
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
An inflected form of look · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 154 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 157,623 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.075% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards She looked over the expanse of landLook at your child!
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect also: appear, seem She seems to be sleepingThis appears to be a very difficult problem
- have a certain outward or facial expression How does she look?The child looks unhappy
- search or seek also: search We looked all day and finally found the child in the forestLook elsewhere for the perfect gift!
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to also: front, face The house looks northMy backyard look onto the pond
- take charge of or deal with also: attend, take care, see Could you see about lunch?I must attend to this matter
looked in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I looked down at his marsh-stained shoes.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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It looked decidedly like that kind of a bag.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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The father and bridegroom looked on, silent as they.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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But she was gone; she had not looked at him.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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One rode sidewise, both looked absurdly small, and even that far away the boy knew them for strangers.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1