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English noun: scan | |||
| 1. | scan (act) the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region | ||
| Samples | He made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | examination, scrutiny | ||
| 2. | scan (artifact) an image produced by scanning | ||
| Samples | He analyzed the brain scan. You could see the tumor in the CAT scan. | ||
| Synonyms | CAT scan | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | icon, ikon, image, picture | ||
English verb: scan | |||
| 1. | scan (perception) examine minutely or intensely | ||
| Samples | The surgeon scanned the X-ray. | ||
| Examples | The customs agents scan the bags for drugs | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | examine, see | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | glass | ||
| 2. | scan (perception) examine hastily | ||
| Samples | She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi. | ||
| Synonyms | glance over, rake, run down, skim | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | examine, see | ||
| 3. | scan (contact) make a wide, sweeping search of | ||
| Samples | The beams scanned the night sky. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | search | ||
| 4. | scan (stative) conform to a metrical pattern | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conform | ||
| Domain category | poesy, poetry, verse | ||
| 5. | scan (motion) move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| 6. | scan (communication) read metrically | ||
| Samples | Scan verses. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | declaim, recite | ||
| 7. | scan (cognition) obtain data from magnetic tapes | ||
| Samples | This dictionary can be read by the computer. | ||
| Synonyms | read | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construe, interpret, see | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | misread | ||
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