scan
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars
Types & categories
- examination hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
examine minutely or intensely
the surgeon scanned the X-ray
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Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an image produced by scanning
he analyzed the brain scan
Types & categories
- ikon hypernym
Related & opposite
- scan derivation
Sense 4 verb
examine hastily
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
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- examine hypernym
Related & opposite
- skimming derivation
Sense 5 verb
make a wide, sweeping search of
The beams scanned the night sky
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- search hypernym
Related & opposite
- scan derivation
- electronic scanner derivation
- scanner derivation
Sense 6 verb
conform to a metrical pattern
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- conform hypernym
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- verse domain topic
Sense 7 verb
move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
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- move hypernym
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- digital scanner derivation
- scanning derivation
Sense 8 verb
read metrically
scan verses
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- declaim hypernym
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Sense 9 verb
obtain data from magnetic tapes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | examination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | CAT scan |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | examine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | glass |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ikon |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimming |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | examine |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scan |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | electronic scanner |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scanner |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | verse |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | conform |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | digital scanner |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | scanning |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | scansion |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | scanner |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | declaim |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | misread |