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scan
/skæn/
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  1. verb
    examine hastily
    "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

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    glance over rake run down skim
    type of:
    see examine
  2. verb
    obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

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    read
  3. noun
    an image produced by scanning
    "he analyzed the brain scan" "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

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    cat scan
    type of:
    picture icon ikon image
  4. verb
    conform to a metrical pattern
    type of:
    conform
  5. verb
    examine minutely or intensely
    "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
    type of:
    see examine
  6. verb
    make a wide, sweeping search of
    "The beams scanned the night sky"
    type of:
    search
  7. verb
    move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
    type of:
    displace move
  8. verb
    read metrically
    "scan verses"
    type of:
    recite declaim
  9. noun
    the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
    "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
Examples of scan
  • "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
  • "he analyzed the brain scan"
  • "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
  • "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
  • "The beams scanned the night sky"
  • "scan verses"
  • "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
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