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Definitions
Direct your eyes; appear
Word origin
From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Further origin unknown, no certain cognates outside Germanic. Cognate with Scots luke, luik, leuk (“to look, see”), West Frisian lôkje, loaitsje (“to look”), Dutch loeken (“to look”), German Low German löken. Likely also related to German lugen (“to peek”), Alemannic German luege (“to look”), Yiddish לוגן (lugn).
Used in a sentence
“They kept looking at me.”
“Don’t look in the closet.”
“Timothy Leary's dead. No, no no no, he's outside, looking in.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Appearance”4 letters
02“Direct the eyes”4 letters
03“Glance”4 letters
04“Quick glance”4 letters
05“Visual appearance”4 letters
06“Visual glance”4 letters
07“Visual style”4 letters
08“Direct your eyes”4 letters
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