Definition for Scan:

• make a wide, sweeping search of; " The beams scanned the night sky"

Synonyms for Scan:

• n.

  •
  • buffer,
  • abort,
  • boot,
  • investigate,
  • close,
  • emulate,
  • corrupt,
  • crash,
  • deliver,
  • decode,
  • display.
  •
  • back up,
  • access,
  • capture,
  • block,
  • burn,
  • archive,
  • burn-in,
  • call up,
  • author.
  •
  • check on,
  • look-over,
  • look around,
  • take in.
  •
  • bard,
  • metric,
  • run-through,
  • metrical,
  • metre,
  • iambic pentameter,
  • alliteration,
  • flip through,
  • glance at,
  • metaphysical,
  • meter,
  • conceit,
  • words.
  •
  • anti-choice,
  • bear,
  • baby blues,
  • birth,
  • amniotic fluid,
  • arrive,
  • the afterbirth,
  • baby shower,
  • amniocentesis,
  • antenatal.
  •
  • bypass,
  • bleed,
  • catch,
  • bring back,
  • anesthetize,
  • bandage,
  • cauterize,
  • catheterize,
  • anaesthetize,
  • attend.
  •
  • blood test,
  • autopsy,
  • CT-SCAN,
  • biopsy,
  • diagnosis,
  • CAT scan,
  • cervical smear.
  •
  • leaf through.
  •
  • radar,
  • interference,
  • GPS,
  • jam,
  • directional,
  • get,
  • ghosting,
  • pick up,
  • cell,
  • footprint.
  •act (noun)
  • scan.
  •checkup (noun)
  • looking over.
  •examination (noun)
  • grillings,
  • in-quests,
  • dis-section,
  • make ups,
  • dis section,
  • in quests,
  • cross examinations,
  • inter-rogations,
  • ex-amination,
  • re searches,
  • writtens,
  • ex aminations,
  • crossexamination,
  • inter-rogation,
  • ex amination,
  • cross-examinations,
  • perlustrations,
  • blue books,
  • cross examination,
  • onceover,
  • legworks,
  • ex-aminations,
  • re search,
  • inter rogation,
  • re-searches,
  • dis-sections,
  • dis sections,
  • the eyen,
  • in quest,
  • once over,
  • crossexaminations,
  • in-quest,
  • inter rogations,
  • the eyes,
  • the eyne.
  •reading (noun)
  • reader,
  • reading group,
  • speed-reading,
  • sight-reading,
  • readership,
  • reading.
  •review (noun)
  • re think,
  • pro cession,
  • re view,
  • re views,
  • re-assessments,
  • re consideration,
  • pro cessions,
  • fresh looks,
  • re vision,
  • retro spects,
  • pro-cessions,
  • re considerations,
  • another looks,
  • retro-spect,
  • re-thinks,
  • re thinks,
  • re-views,
  • re visions,
  • re flection,
  • re-vision,
  • re-capitulations,
  • re-view,
  • re capitulations,
  • re-visions,
  • re-flections,
  • re-considerations,
  • second looks,
  • re assessments,
  • re flections,
  • retro spect,
  • pro-cession,
  • re-flection,
  • retro-spects,
  • re-capitulation,
  • re capitulation,
  • re assessment,
  • march pasts,
  • re-think,
  • re-consideration.
  •scrutiny (noun)
  • long hard looks,
  • close ups.
  •survey (noun)
  • out-lines,
  • out line,
  • over-views,
  • over view,
  • over views,
  • over-view,
  • out lines,
  • out-line.
  •view (noun)
  • dis-plays,
  • dis play,
  • looksees,
  • look sees,
  • look-sees,
  • looksee,
  • dis plays,
  • dis-play.

• v.

  •behold (verb)
  • feast eyes,
  • be-holds,
  • be holding,
  • feasted one's eyes,
  • be-hold,
  • dis-cern,
  • feasting one's eyes,
  • feast one eyes,
  • feasted one eyes,
  • feasted ones eyes,
  • feasting one eyes,
  • be-holding,
  • feasts one eyes,
  • be-held,
  • feasts one's eyes,
  • feast ones eyes,
  • dis cern,
  • be holds,
  • feasting ones eyes,
  • feasting eyes,
  • feasts ones eyes,
  • feasts eyes,
  • feasted eyes.
  •browse (verb)
  • hits high spots,
  • examining cursorily,
  • onced over lightly,
  • onces over lightly,
  • skipped through,
  • glances at,
  • pass eye over,
  • examined cursorily,
  • getting the cream,
  • get cream,
  • thumbs through wander,
  • flipping through,
  • oncing over lightly,
  • reads here and there,
  • skipping through,
  • checks over,
  • examines cursorily,
  • reads here there,
  • inspected loosely,
  • thumbing through wander,
  • reading here there,
  • gives the once over,
  • gat cream,
  • giving the once over,
  • leafs through,
  • glanced at,
  • passing eye over,
  • flips through,
  • gives once over,
  • hit high spots,
  • gave the once over,
  • riffling through,
  • hitting the high spots,
  • skips through,
  • riffs through,
  • got cream,
  • inspects loosely,
  • passes an eye over,
  • riffing through,
  • passed an eye over,
  • gave once over,
  • inspecting loosely,
  • leafing through,
  • getting cream,
  • hits the high spots,
  • checking over,
  • got the cream,
  • passing an eye over,
  • give once over,
  • gotten cream,
  • gets the cream,
  • passes eye over,
  • gotten the cream,
  • riffles through,
  • hitting high spots,
  • gat the cream,
  • glancing at,
  • passed eye over,
  • riffed through,
  • read here there,
  • leafed through,
  • thumbed through wander,
  • riffled through,
  • reading here and there,
  • runs through,
  • flipped through,
  • giving once over,
  • gets cream.
  •canvass (verb)
  • de bated,
  • de-bates,
  • re viewed,
  • de-bating,
  • de-bated,
  • re-viewing,
  • de bate,
  • re viewing,
  • re-viewed,
  • de bating,
  • de-bate,
  • de bates,
  • electioneered.
  •compare (verb)
  • places in juxtaposition,
  • placing in juxtaposition,
  • sets side by side,
  • stack against,
  • weighs against another,
  • holds candle to,
  • weighing against another,
  • hold candle to,
  • stacks up against,
  • holding a candle to,
  • placed juxtaposition,
  • matches up,
  • stacking against,
  • placed in juxtaposition,
  • weighed against another,
  • stacked against,
  • matching up,
  • holds a candle to,
  • places juxtaposition,
  • placing juxtaposition,
  • sizes up,
  • held candle to,
  • stacking up against,
  • sets against,
  • setting side by side,
  • stacks against,
  • stacked up against,
  • place juxtaposition,
  • holding candle to,
  • sized up,
  • held a candle to.
  •consider (verb)
  • ex-cogitating,
  • reckoning with,
  • assenting to,
  • saw about,
  • seeing about,
  • de-liberates,
  • ex cogitated,
  • ex cogitate,
  • allows for,
  • perpended,
  • took under advisement,
  • re cognizing,
  • flirted with,
  • keeping mind,
  • keeps in mind,
  • assented to,
  • perpends,
  • de-liberate,
  • ex-cogitate,
  • subscribing to,
  • kept in mind,
  • keeps mind,
  • reckoned with,
  • takes under advisement,
  • flirts with,
  • ex-cogitates,
  • reckons with,
  • keeping in mind,
  • re-cognized,
  • thinks over,
  • kept mind,
  • de liberated,
  • re cognizes,
  • re cognize,
  • ex cogitates,
  • thinks out,
  • chewing over,
  • allowed for,
  • tossing around,
  • provides for,
  • de liberates,
  • takes into account,
  • de liberating,
  • ex cogitating,
  • taking under advisement,
  • flirting with,
  • re-cognizing,
  • tosses around,
  • mulled over,
  • de-liberating,
  • perpending,
  • assents to,
  • tost around,
  • sees about,
  • de-liberated,
  • take in to account,
  • ex-cogitated,
  • chews over,
  • re cognized,
  • chewed over,
  • keep mind,
  • subscribes to,
  • de liberate,
  • providing for.
  •contemplate (verb)
  • pored over,
  • stares at,
  • pro-bed,
  • staring at,
  • pores over,
  • pro bed.
  •dip into (verb)
  • rifling through,
  • thumbed through,
  • thumbing through,
  • glances over,
  • thumbs through,
  • dip in to,
  • glancing over,
  • playing at,
  • glanced over,
  • played at,
  • runs over,
  • plays at,
  • rifled through,
  • rifles through.
  •examine (verb)
  • check,
  • verify,
  • observe.
  •eye (verb)
  • has look,
  • has a look,
  • keeping eagle eye on,
  • took a look,
  • had a look,
  • takes look,
  • take look,
  • gives the eye,
  • hadst look,
  • hadst a look,
  • had look,
  • took look,
  • taking look,
  • hath a look,
  • having a look,
  • gives eye,
  • have look,
  • hast a look,
  • kept eagle eye on,
  • give eye,
  • hath look,
  • having look,
  • takes a look,
  • taking a look,
  • gave the eye,
  • haddest look,
  • giving the eye,
  • haddest a look,
  • gave eye,
  • giving eye,
  • keeps eagle eye on,
  • hast look.
  •glance (verb)
  • got a load of,
  • taking gander,
  • skimming through,
  • skims through,
  • takes a gander,
  • getting a load of,
  • take gander,
  • getting load of,
  • gets load of,
  • gat load of,
  • gotten a load of,
  • gotten load of,
  • took gander,
  • got load of,
  • gat a load of,
  • took a gander,
  • taking a gander,
  • takes gander,
  • get load of,
  • gets a load of,
  • skimmed through.
  •go over (verb)
  • re peat,
  • re-iterate,
  • re-iterating,
  • re iterates,
  • re-peats,
  • re hearses,
  • re-hearses,
  • re iterate,
  • re hearse,
  • re-peat,
  • re-iterates,
  • re peats,
  • re iterating,
  • re iterated,
  • re-hearse,
  • re-iterated.
  •peruse (verb)
  • looks through,
  • looking through.
  •rake (verb)
  • finecombed,
  • fine tooth combs,
  • fine-tooth-combed,
  • re-moves,
  • finecombing,
  • re moving,
  • re moved,
  • fine-tooth-combs,
  • fine tooth comb,
  • finecombs,
  • fine tooth combing,
  • fine combing,
  • re move,
  • re-move,
  • fine comb,
  • fine tooth combed,
  • fine-combs,
  • fine-tooth-combing,
  • fine combs,
  • cleaning up,
  • re-moving,
  • enfilades,
  • fine-combed,
  • fine-combing,
  • fine combed.
  •ransack (verb)
  • leaving no stone unturned,
  • looked all over for,
  • goes over with a finetooth comb,
  • de spoil,
  • over hauling,
  • left no stone unturned,
  • make with,
  • going over with finetooth comb,
  • leaves no stone unturned,
  • looks high low,
  • de-spoiled,
  • shook down,
  • looks over for,
  • goes over with fine-tooth comb,
  • go over with fine tooth comb,
  • go over with finetooth comb,
  • went over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • go over with fine-tooth comb,
  • looking high and low,
  • going over with a finetooth comb,
  • over hauled,
  • goes over with fine tooth comb,
  • de spoiled,
  • over-haul,
  • looks all over for,
  • makes with,
  • over hauls,
  • went over with a finetooth comb,
  • making with,
  • going over with fine tooth comb,
  • go over with a fine tooth comb,
  • takes away,
  • made off with,
  • goes over with finetooth comb,
  • de spoils,
  • looking high low,
  • going over with a fine tooth comb,
  • look over for,
  • going over with fine-tooth comb,
  • went over with finetooth comb,
  • de-spoils,
  • looks high and low,
  • leaved no stone unturned,
  • look high low,
  • went over with a fine tooth comb,
  • over-hauls,
  • go over with a finetooth comb,
  • went over with fine tooth comb,
  • shakes down,
  • goes over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • over-hauled,
  • looking all over for,
  • went over with fine-tooth comb,
  • makes off with,
  • de-spoil,
  • goes over with a fine tooth comb,
  • de-spoiling,
  • looked high low,
  • looked over for,
  • going over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • looking over for,
  • de spoiling,
  • shaking down,
  • looked high and low,
  • made with,
  • over haul,
  • over-hauling.
  •read (verb)
  • de-ciphers,
  • scratched the surface,
  • de ciphering,
  • un ravel,
  • de cipher,
  • scratch surface,
  • buries oneself in,
  • trans late,
  • un-ravelling,
  • un ravels,
  • un-ravels,
  • de-ciphered,
  • burying in,
  • scratching surface,
  • de-cipher,
  • bury in,
  • un ravelled,
  • buried oneself in,
  • buries in,
  • un raveling,
  • trans-lated,
  • de-ciphering,
  • un ravelling,
  • scratches surface,
  • un-ravel,
  • de ciphers,
  • de ciphered,
  • un-raveled,
  • refers to,
  • un raveled,
  • burying oneself in,
  • scratched surface,
  • scratches the surface,
  • un-raveling,
  • un-ravelled.
  •regard (verb)
  • re spects,
  • over-looking,
  • re marked,
  • re-marks,
  • re marking,
  • looks on,
  • over-looks,
  • took into consideration,
  • re gard,
  • re-marked,
  • payed attention,
  • re-spect,
  • re spect,
  • gives attention,
  • takes into consideration,
  • looking on,
  • pays attention,
  • taking in to consideration,
  • re gards,
  • re marks,
  • over-look,
  • gave attention,
  • took in to consideration,
  • over looks,
  • re-spects,
  • takes in to consideration,
  • over looked,
  • re-gard,
  • over look,
  • re-marking,
  • re mark,
  • re-gards,
  • take in to consideration.
  •revise (verb)
  • re organized,
  • re hashes,
  • re-casting,
  • re-styles,
  • re-writing,
  • re considering,
  • re examining,
  • blue penciled,
  • re writing,
  • de bugged,
  • re drawing,
  • de-bugs,
  • re-considers,
  • blue pencils,
  • re vamps,
  • re considers,
  • re writes,
  • bluepenciling,
  • re organize,
  • re-draw,
  • re work,
  • up date,
  • re works,
  • bluepencilling,
  • up graded,
  • re examines,
  • Redrew,
  • re consider,
  • re-calibrate,
  • blue-pencilled,
  • re hashing,
  • re done,
  • re vise,
  • re-written,
  • redraws,
  • re-considered,
  • re examine,
  • Redrawn,
  • re hash,
  • re drafting,
  • re-hash,
  • re organizes,
  • bluepencilled,
  • re styling,
  • bluepencil,
  • re-considering,
  • re-did,
  • re-drafted,
  • blue-penciled,
  • up-dates,
  • re-styling,
  • re-drawn,
  • re-organizing,
  • re draft,
  • re considered,
  • re-wrought,
  • restyles,
  • re draws,
  • de-bug,
  • re-hashes,
  • up-date,
  • re-writes,
  • re vamped,
  • re casts,
  • up-graded,
  • re-hashing,
  • re drafts,
  • re did,
  • re-vamping,
  • re working,
  • re-organize,
  • re written,
  • re-working,
  • re calibrates,
  • re does,
  • re-vamped,
  • re calibrate,
  • re-works,
  • recalibrates,
  • re-vamp,
  • up-grading,
  • re-drew,
  • re-cast,
  • blue penciling,
  • re-style,
  • re style,
  • blue pencilling,
  • re wrote,
  • up grades,
  • re styled,
  • re-vised,
  • re-worked,
  • re wrought,
  • re cast,
  • re-vise,
  • re-styled,
  • re-calibrated,
  • re-calibrating,
  • re-casts,
  • re drafted,
  • re doing,
  • up grading,
  • re casting,
  • re-vamps,
  • re drew,
  • bluepenciled,
  • de bug,
  • de bugging,
  • de-bugged,
  • re-draft,
  • blue pencilled,
  • re calibrating,
  • re-drawing,
  • up dated,
  • re organizing,
  • up grade,
  • re-calibrates,
  • re worked,
  • up dating,
  • blue-pencilling,
  • re vising,
  • re-drafting,
  • up dates,
  • re-write,
  • re-draws,
  • up-grades,
  • de-bugging,
  • re-work,
  • re-wrote,
  • re drawn,
  • de bugs,
  • re vised,
  • re-organizes,
  • bluepencils,
  • re styles,
  • re-doing,
  • re hashed,
  • re examined,
  • re-does,
  • re-done,
  • re-organized,
  • re calibrated,
  • re-vising,
  • re-drafts,
  • re write,
  • re draw,
  • re-consider.
  •screen (verb)
  • pro cess,
  • ex tract,
  • pro-cessed,
  • pro cessed,
  • pro cessing,
  • ex-tract,
  • pro-cesses,
  • pro-cess,
  • ex-tracts.
  •scrutinize (verb)
  • perlustrated,
  • perlustrates,
  • taking the measure of,
  • puts under a microscope,
  • inquiring in to,
  • inquires into,
  • inquire in to,
  • perlustrating,
  • took measure of,
  • takes the measure of,
  • burnt up,
  • took the measure of,
  • inquired in to,
  • put under microscope,
  • inquires in to,
  • burns up,
  • putting under microscope,
  • putting under a microscope,
  • takes measure of,
  • taking measure of,
  • puts under microscope,
  • inquiring into.
  •search (verb)
  • gunned for,
  • guns for,
  • poked into,
  • poking into,
  • went in quest of,
  • chasing after,
  • turns upside down,
  • casting about,
  • turning upside down,
  • casts about,
  • going quest of,
  • go quest of,
  • smells around,
  • going in quest of,
  • turns inside out,
  • smelled around,
  • goes in quest of,
  • chases after,
  • gunning for,
  • poke in to,
  • poking in to,
  • beats about,
  • went quest of,
  • poked in to,
  • pokes in to,
  • smelt around,
  • smelling around,
  • goes quest of,
  • chased after,
  • pokes into,
  • beating about.
  •see (verb)
  • catching a glimpse of,
  • catch glimpse of,
  • art apprised of,
  • is apprised of,
  • took notice,
  • catching glimpse of,
  • catching sight of,
  • were apprised of,
  • caught glimpse of,
  • wast apprised of,
  • being apprised of,
  • takes notice,
  • caught a glimpse of,
  • payed attention to,
  • am apprised of,
  • was apprised of,
  • catches a glimpse of,
  • are apprised of,
  • catches glimpse of,
  • wert apprised of.
  •skim (verb)
  • runs eye over,
  • reading swiftly,
  • brushing over,
  • ran eye over,
  • turning the pages,
  • going once over lightly,
  • went once over lightly,
  • running eye over,
  • brushed over,
  • turned pages,
  • brushes over,
  • reads swiftly,
  • turning pages,
  • turn pages,
  • turns pages,
  • turns the pages,
  • goes once over lightly,
  • turned the pages.
  •survey (verb)
  • looking upon,
  • look up on,
  • checking up,
  • stakes out,
  • tested waters,
  • looks up on,
  • looks upon,
  • tests the waters,
  • setting at,
  • testing waters,
  • checks up,
  • tested the waters,
  • sets at,
  • test waters,
  • staked out,
  • testing the waters,
  • looked up on,
  • checked up,
  • looking up on,
  • tests waters.
  •view (verb)
  • feasted eyes on,
  • eagled eye,
  • setting eyes on,
  • feasting eyes on,
  • feasts eyes on,
  • sets eyes on,
  • eagles eye,
  • eagling eye.
  •watch (verb)
  • hadst a look-see,
  • hast a look-see,
  • haddest a looksee,
  • eagleeye,
  • haddest looksee,
  • eagle eying,
  • had a look-see,
  • hath a look-see,
  • eagle-eyes,
  • keeping tabs on,
  • hast look see,
  • hadst a looksee,
  • having a look-see,
  • having looksee,
  • hadst look see,
  • eagleeying,
  • hadst a look see,
  • hast a looksee,
  • has looksee,
  • has a looksee,
  • have look-see,
  • hast a look see,
  • hath look see,
  • keeps tabs on,
  • has a look see,
  • having a look see,
  • haddest a look-see,
  • had look-see,
  • had a looksee,
  • having look-see,
  • hast look-see,
  • eagle eyeing,
  • hast looksee,
  • have look see,
  • hath a looksee,
  • has look see,
  • had look see,
  • haddest look-see,
  • hadst looksee,
  • have looksee,
  • has look-see,
  • has a look-see,
  • having look see,
  • eagleeyes,
  • kept tabs on,
  • eagleeyed,
  • have a look see,
  • eagle eyed,
  • eagleeyeing,
  • hath a look see,
  • haddest look see,
  • eagle-eying,
  • hath looksee,
  • having a looksee,
  • had a look see,
  • hath look-see,
  • haddest a look see,
  • had looksee,
  • eagle-eyeing,
  • hadst look-see.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • page through,
  • think,
  • make sense,
  • flick through.
  •
  • perambulate,
  • thumb,
  • riffle.
  •
  • o'.
  •
  • flip.
  •
  • dip.
  •
  • turn.
  •browse
  • read here and there,
  • get the cream,
  • hit the high spots,
  • give the once over,
  • pass an eye over,
  • check over,
  • once over lightly,
  • skip through,
  • riff through,
  • riffle through,
  • checked over,
  • thumb through wander,
  • examine cursorily,
  • inspect loosely.
  •compare
  • parallels,
  • Bracketed,
  • set side by side,
  • sizing up,
  • stack up against,
  • place in juxtaposition,
  • hold a candle to,
  • juxtaposed,
  • matched up,
  • match up,
  • size up,
  • setting against,
  • set against,
  • Bracketing,
  • weigh against another.
  •examine
  • Parsing,
  • vetting,
  • VETS,
  • explore,
  • scoping,
  • gunned,
  • Parsed,
  • explores,
  • parses,
  • delve into,
  • vet,
  • winnowing,
  • dig into,
  • pat down,
  • scoped,
  • winnow,
  • take stock of,
  • look over,
  • vetted,
  • search into,
  • Explored,
  • Guns,
  • scrutinate,
  • Gunning,
  • parse,
  • look see,
  • gun,
  • looked over.
  •eye
  • ogle,
  • give the eye,
  • keep eagle eye on,
  • take a look,
  • Ogled,
  • Ogling,
  • have a look,
  • leer.
  •rake
  • enfilade,
  • Enfilading,
  • cleans up,
  • Weeding,
  • Enfiladed,
  • finecomb,
  • clean up,
  • fine-comb,
  • fine-tooth-comb,
  • weeded,
  • weeds,
  • weed,
  • cleaned up.
  •run-down
  • run down.
  •screen
  • pick out,
  • picking out,
  • picked out,
  • picks out,
  • sieved,
  • sieving.
  •scrutinize
  • crack a book.
  •search
  • questing,
  • looked for,
  • poke into,
  • quested,
  • beat about,
  • cast about,
  • looking for,
  • go in quest of,
  • turning inside out,
  • gun for,
  • look for,
  • searches,
  • looks for,
  • chase after,
  • turn inside out,
  • turned upside down,
  • smell around,
  • turned inside out,
  • turn upside down.
  •see
  • paid attention to,
  • take notice,
  • pay attention to,
  • taking notice,
  • paying attention to,
  • caught sight of,
  • pays attention to,
  • catch a glimpse of,
  • catch sight of,
  • be apprised of,
  • catches sight of.

Paraphrases for Scan:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    scanning, Scanned.
  • Proper noun, singular
    scanning.
  • Noun, plural
    scanning.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    scanning.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    scanner.
  • Proper noun, singular
    scanner.
  • Noun, plural
    scanners.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    scanner.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    browsing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    plans, highlights, places, lessons, sites, results, RS, exploration, explorations, HCAN, browsing, scavenge.
  • Noun, plural
    Screenings, searchers, detections, determinations, mechanisms, samples, assays, deliberations, examiners, analysts, Discoveries, assesses, Tests, overflights, Surveys, insights, assumptions, exposures, seekers, Summaries, readers, EXAMS, contexts, sweeps, LABS, lookups, discusses, periods, flights, MINES, highlights, Wiping, results, explorations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    digitalization, highlights, exploration, detector, browsing.
  • Verb, past participle
    Assayed, Construed, tested, studied, broken, Looked.
  • Verb, base form
    digitize, digitise, Considering, scrutinize.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    digitization.
  • Noun, plural
    wipes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    digitalisation, digitization.

Antonyms for Scan:

• v.

  • look over, scrutinize lightly
    discard, look away, ignore, neglect, disregard, forget.

Scan Sentence Examples:

• Reivers scarcely looked at the men, but began to scan the walls for a way to get down.

• Since the equal recognition of so many feet as twelve, or even as eight, will often produce different modes of measuring the same lines; and since it is desirable to measure verses with uniformity, and always by the simplest process that will well answer the purpose; we usually scan by the principal feet, in preference to the secondary, where the syllables give us a choice of measures, or may be divided in different ways.

Homophones for Scan:

• sienna, shoshonean, segno, simon, schumann, schwann, son, shmo, sana, soignee, sajama, season, someway, scion, seam, sashimi, sewn, seine, siouan, scission, sian, Susiana, some, sigma, sign, sine, sonny, syzygium, sixsome, shawny, Shinney, soma, shina, samoan, swine, seism, sexism, simeon, sciaena, sawan, sequin, saigon, scene, shanny, sinewy, sichuan, sign on, sima, shan, sown, shem, susian, semen, simoon, Shema, shoshone, simony, seamy, sanaa, skin, seaman, sami, sen, shame, sumo, saman, Shiism, shiny, suomi, schizogony, swim, sign in, schmo, skinny, sage hen, sikkim, sison, swain, shaman, soman, synonymy, sea onion, shahn, shine, siam, skim, SAAME, saxony, squama, same, snowman, sn, scheme, snow, sezession, senna, sachsen, soigne, swan, succussion, summon, swami, simoom, suck in, Sunna, sesamum, sikhism, sum, showman, sechuana, SAAMI, saone, sow in, sea anemone, socinian, somehow, szechwan, syconium, sicken, sion, someone, shoeshine, sunni, saxon, sam, sawm, sane, shinny, snowy, sun, session, suasion, samoa, sm, siwan, seize on, sium, sisham, secession, sachem, shaken, sauna, sheen, sone, Sana'a, sagina, simian, shawnee, scone, scammony, szechuan, shim, shoshoni, siskin, schema, shawm, sunny, Shona, shin, sinai, Swagman, seem, squaw man, sene, swoon, Shah Jahan, samia, sea mew, simenon, shoshonian, shun, semi, saginaw, seminoma, shawn, sheeny, seyhan, shammy, shaggymane, shannon, susquehanna, Susanna, sesame, Sq In, Sunnah, sin, shoo-in, somme, scummy, shimmy, Sison Amomum, soon, sigyn, shogun, synonym, six-gun, smew, sign away, skein, sham, som, sinew, scum, succession, scam, schism.

Hypernym for Scan:

• v.

  • perception
    glass.

Hyponym for Scan:

• n.

  • act
    scrutiny, examination.
  • artifact
    picture, ikon, icon, image.

• v.

  • communication
    recite, declaim.
  • contact
    search.
  • motion
    move, displace.
  • perception
    see, examine.
  • stative
    conform.