looking for

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

looking for
    n 1: the act of searching visually [syn: {looking}, {looking
         for}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Looking \Look"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who looks; a glance.
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   2. The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance;
      face. [Obs.]
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            All dreary was his cheer and his looking. --Chaucer.
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   {Looking for}, anticipation; expectation. "A certain fearful
      looking for of judgment." --Heb. x. 27.
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