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

1. transitive verb. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
2. noun. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region

   "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

3. noun. an image produced by scanning

   "he analyzed the brain scan"

   "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

4. verb. obtain data from magnetic tapes

   "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

   Synonyms: read

5. verb. read metrically

   "scan verses"

6. verb. make a wide, sweeping search of

   "The beams scanned the night sky"

7. verb. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
8. verb. examine hastily

   "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

   Synonyms: rake, skim

9. verb. examine minutely or intensely

   "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

10. verb. conform to a metrical pattern

Synonyms

read, rake, skim

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scan:

cans

Common word forms

scans, scanned, scanner, scanning

Words from these letters

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