scan

Noun
  1. The act of scanning;
    Systematic examination of a prescribed region (synset 100645186)
    "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
    is a type of: examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
  2. An image produced by scanning (synset 104149614)
    "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
    is a type of: icon, ikon, image, picture - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
    same as: cat scan
Verb
  1. Examine minutely or intensely (synset 202156934)
    "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
    is a type of: examine, see - observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
    subtypes: glass - scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
  2. Examine hastily (synset 202156708)
    "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
    is a type of: examine, see - observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
    same as: glance over, rake, run down, skim
  3. Make a wide, sweeping search of (synset 201321319)
    "The beams scanned the night sky"
    is a type of: search - subject to a search
  4. Conform to a metrical pattern (synset 202667220)
    referred to in: poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
    is a type of: conform - be similar, be in line with
  5. Move a light beam over;
    In electronics, to reproduce an image (synset 201859433)
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  6. Read metrically (synset 201053700)
    "scan verses"
    is a type of: declaim, recite - recite in elocution
  7. Obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources (synset 200629157)
    "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
    is a type of: construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to
    subtypes: misread - read or interpret wrongly
    same as: read

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