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scan
English
Etymology
From Middle English scannen (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier *scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scand? (“I climb, rise, mount”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skæn/
- Rhymes: -æn
Verb
scan (third-person singular simple present scans, present participle scanning, simple past and past participle scanned)
- (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. [from 16th C.]
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter ii:
- Yet the incident did not in the least diminish my respect for my teacher. I was by nature blind to the faults of elders. Later I came to know of many other failings of this teacher, but my regard for him remained the same. For I had learnt to carry out the orders of elders, not to scan their actions.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter ii:
- (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly. [from 19th C.]
- (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyze or go over, often to find something.
- (computing, transitive) To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
- (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyze or go over, often to find something.
- (computing, transitive) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
- (computing, transitive) To read with an electronic device.
- (obsolete, transitive, originally) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
- (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific meter. [from 14th C.]
- (intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.
Usage notes
- The contranym status of the word is discussed at peruse § Usage notes.
Derived terms
- forescan
Related terms
- (poetry): scansion
Translations
Noun
scan (plural scans)
- Close investigation. [from 1700s]
- (computing) An instance of scanning.
- (computing) The result or output of a scanning process.
Translations
See also
- pan and scan
- scanlate
- scanlation
- scanlator
- scanner
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- scan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- scan in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- scan at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ANCs, CNAs, CNSA, NCSA, NSCA, cans
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scard
English
Noun
scard (plural scards)
- (obsolete) A shard or fragment.
Anagrams
- Cards, cadrs, cards
Irish
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
scard m (genitive singular scaird)
- fright, terror
Declension
Alternative forms
- scaird f
Etymology 2
Noun
scard f (genitive singular scairde, nominative plural scardanna)
- Alternative form of scaird (“squirt, jet, gush”)
Declension
Verb
scard (present analytic scardann, future analytic scardfaidh, verbal noun scardadh, past participle scardta)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of scaird (“squirt, gush; pour rapidly”)
Conjugation
Mutation
Further reading
- "scard" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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