scan
/skæn/
Dictionary
noun
- Close investigation.
- An instance of scanning.
"The operators vacated the room during the scan."
- The result or output of a scanning process.
"The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis."
verb
- To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
"She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for."
- To look about for; to look over quickly.
"He scanned the horizon."
- To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
"Pencil drawings don't scan very well."
- To read with an electronic device.
"to scan a barcode; to scan a QR code"
- To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
- To read or mark so as to show a specific meter.
"to scan verse"
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