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S: (n) scan (the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region) "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
S: (n) scan, CAT scan (an image produced by scanning) "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

S: (v) scan (examine minutely or intensely) "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
S: (v) scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down (examine hastily) "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
S: (v) scan (make a wide, sweeping search of) "The beams scanned the night sky"

S: (v) search (subject to a search) "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

S: (v) raid (search for something needed or desired) "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
S: (v) frisk (search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets) "The police frisked everyone at the airport"
S: (v) strip-search (search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes) "He was strip-searched at the airport"
S: (v) scan (make a wide, sweeping search of) "The beams scanned the night sky"
S: (v) rifle, go (go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way) "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"
S: (v) rummage (search haphazardly) "We rummaged through the drawers"
S: (v) comb, ransack (search thoroughly) "They combed the area for the missing child"

S: (v) scan (conform to a metrical pattern)
S: (v) scan (move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image)
S: (v) scan (read metrically) "scan verses"
S: (v) read, scan (obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources) "This dictionary can be read by the computer"