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scan

noun
  1. the act of scanning
  2. an image produced by scanning
    “The doctor analyzed the brain scan.”
verb
  1. obtain data from magnetic tapes
    read
  2. read metrically
    “scan verses”
  3. make a wide, sweeping search of
    “The beams scanned the night sky”
  4. move a light beam over
  5. examine hastily
    “I scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi.”
    skimrakerun downglance over
  6. examine minutely or intensely
    “the surgeon scanned the X-ray”
  7. conform to a metrical pattern