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look round

phrasal verb

Definition of look round

British
1 : to go through a place in order to see what is there : to explore a place
  • The kids looked round the shops while we unpacked.
2 : to search (for something)
  • I looked round for my keys but I couldn't find them anywhere.
  • He is looking round for a new car.

Word by Word Definitions

look play

  1. : to make sure or take care (that something is done)

  2. : to ascertain by the use of one's eyes

  3. : to exercise the power of vision upon : examine

  1. : the act of looking

  2. : glance

  3. : the expression of the countenance

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round play

  1. : having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center

  2. : cylindrical

  3. : approximately round

  1. : around

  1. : something (such as a circle, globe, or ring) that is round

  2. : a knot of people

  3. : a circle of things

  1. : to make round

  2. : to make (the lips) round and protruded (as in the pronunciation of \ü\)

  3. : to pronounce with lip rounding : labialize

  1. : around

  2. : all during : throughout

  1. : whisper

  2. : to speak to in a whisper

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