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looked

/lʊkt/

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British/lɵkt/

looked is the simple past and past participle of look.

Meaning of look

Verb

look (third-person singular simple present looks, present participle looking, simple past and past participle looked)

  1. (intransitive) As an intransitive verb, often with “at”.
    • They kept looking at me.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
    • Look what you did to him!
  3. To appear, to seem.
    • It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like rain [is coming].
  4. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
    • What a fright you looked in that hideous outfit.
  5. (intransitive, often) To search for, to try to find.
  6. To face or present a view.
    • The hotel looks over the valleys of the Hindu Kush.

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Adjective

looked (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Having the specified look or appearance.
    • Never trust me if I had not a suspicion from the first that 'twas that ill-looked fellow B— who made that story Mr. D— told you.1888, Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-1654

Words formed from looked

Phrases with looked

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Words that rhyme with looked

Questions about looked

What does looked mean?
Looked means having the specified look or appearance.
What is looked the simple past and past participle of?
Looked is the simple past and past participle of look.
What part of speech is looked?
Looked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce looked?
Looked is pronounced /lʊkt/.

Words near looked in the dictionary

  1. lookbooks
  2. lookdev
  3. lookdown
  4. lookdowns
  5. looke
  6. looked
  7. looked a fright
  8. looked after
  9. looked ahead
  10. looked ahead to
  11. looked alike

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