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Noun scanning has 2 senses
- scanning - the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
--1 is a kind of photography
- scanning - the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission
--2 is a kind of reproduction, replication
Verb scan has 7 senses
- scan - examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
--1 is one way to examine, see
Sample sentence:
The customs agents scan the bags for drugs
- scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down - examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
--2 is one way to examine, see
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- scan - make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"
--3 is one way to search
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- scan - conform to a metrical pattern
--4 is one way to conform
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- scan - move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
--5 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- scan - read metrically; "scan verses"
--6 is one way to declaim, recite
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
--7 is one way to interpret, construe, see
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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