"look like" meaning in English

See look like in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-look like.ogg Forms: looks like [present, singular, third-person], looking like [participle, present], looked like [participle, past], looked like [past]
Etymology: From Middle English loken like, equivalent to look (conjunction and preposition) + like. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|loken like}} Middle English loken like Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look like (third-person singular simple present looks like, present participle looking like, simple past and past participle looked like)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, like. Derived forms: if it looks like a duck Related terms: look alike
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  2. To give a prospect of
    Sense id: en-look_like-en-verb-2H7Moilz
  3. (idiomatic, impersonal) To seem; appear. Tags: idiomatic, impersonal Translations (seem, appear): بَدَا (badā) (Arabic), выгляда́ць (vyhljadácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), semblar ser (Catalan), ahooba (Chickasaw), 看起來 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 看起来 (khòaⁿ-khí-lâi) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 看起來 (Chinese Mandarin), 看起来 (kànqilai) (Chinese Mandarin), näyttää siltä, että (Finnish), sembler (French), scheinen (German), sanble (Haitian Creole), se ut som om (Norwegian Bokmål), þyncan (Old English), parecer (Portuguese), напомина́ть (napominátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́глядеть (výgljadetʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), похо́же (poxóže) (english: it looks like) (Russian), parecer (Spanish), se ut (Swedish), verka (Swedish), вигляда́ти (vyhljadáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), giống như (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-look_like-en-verb-AbT~SiXK Disambiguation of 'seem, appear': 2 1 95 3
  4. (transitive) To be similar in appearance to; resemble. Tags: transitive Translations (be similar in appearance, resemble): شَبِهَ (šabiha) (Arabic), нага́дваць (nahádvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), assemblar-se a (Catalan), semblar (Catalan), ahooba (Chickasaw), (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (xiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), lijken op (Dutch), muistuttaa [with-partitive] (Finnish), näyttää [with-ablative] (Finnish), ressembler (French), ჰგავს (hgavs) (Georgian), aussehen (German), ähneln (German), μοιάζω (moiázo) (Greek), jogua (Guaraní), sanble (Haitian Creole), voittiissa (Ingrian), somigliare (Italian), assomigliare (Italian), rassomigliare (Italian), らしい (rashii) (Japanese), r'semblier (Norman), se ut som (Norwegian Bokmål), ligne (Norwegian Bokmål), ligne på (Norwegian Bokmål), gelician (Old English), به ... شباهت داشتن (be ... šabâhat dâštan) (Persian), parecer (Portuguese), semăna (Romanian), напомина́ть (napominátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), похо́же (poxóže) (english: it looks like) (Russian), parecerse a (Spanish), likna (Swedish), нага́дувати (naháduvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), giống như (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-look_like-en-verb-p6o4VL6l Disambiguation of 'be similar in appearance, resemble': 4 2 9 85

Inflected forms

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          "text": "He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy.",
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          "text": "From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.",
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          "text": "He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy.",
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      "sense": "seem, appear",
      "word": "بَدَا"
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      "word": "看起來"
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      "word": "þyncan"
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      "sense": "seem, appear",
      "word": "parecer"
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      "sense": "seem, appear",
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      "sense": "seem, appear",
      "word": "похо́же"
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      "sense": "seem, appear",
      "word": "parecer"
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      "sense": "seem, appear",
      "word": "se ut"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "seem, appear",
      "word": "verka"
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      "roman": "vyhljadáty",
      "sense": "seem, appear",
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      "sense": "seem, appear",
      "word": "giống như"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "semblar"
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      "code": "cic",
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      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "ahooba"
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      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
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      "word": "像"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàng",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "像"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "lijken op"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
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      "word": "muistuttaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
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      "word": "näyttää"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "ressembler"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "hgavs",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "ჰგავს"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "aussehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "ähneln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "moiázo",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "μοιάζω"
    },
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      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "jogua"
    },
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      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "sanble"
    },
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "voittiissa"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "somigliare"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "assomigliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "rassomigliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rashii",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "らしい"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "r'semblier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "se ut som"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "ligne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "ligne på"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "gelician"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "be ... šabâhat dâštan",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "به ... شباهت داشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "parecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "semăna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "napominátʹ",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "напомина́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "it looks like",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poxóže",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "похо́же"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "parecerse a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "likna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naháduvaty",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нага́дувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "be similar in appearance, resemble",
      "word": "giống như"
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}

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