Dictionary Entry
scan
scan is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
- 2noun
the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
"he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
- 3noun
an image produced by scanning
"he analyzed the brain scan"
"you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
- 4verb
obtain data from magnetic tapes
"This dictionary can be read by the computer"
Synonyms
- 5verb
read metrically
"scan verses"
- 6verb
make a wide, sweeping search of
"The beams scanned the night sky"
- 7verb
move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
- 8verb
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
- 9verb
examine minutely or intensely
"the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
- 10verb
conform to a metrical pattern
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