to glance at or over or read hastily

to scan a page.

to examine the particulars or points of minutely; scrutinize.

to peer out at or observe repeatedly or sweepingly, as a large expanse; survey.

to analyze (verse) as to its prosodic or metrical structure; read or recite (verse) so as to indicate or test the metrical form.

to read (data) for use by a computer or computerized device, esp. using an optical scanner.

Television . to traverse (a surface) with a beam of light or electrons in order to reproduce or transmit a picture.

Radar . to traverse (a region) with a beam from a radar transmitter.

Medicine/Medical, Biology . to examine (a body, organ, tissue, or other biologically active material) with a scanner.

to examine the meter of verse.

(of verse) to conform to the rules of meter.

Television . to scan a surface or the like.

an act or instance of scanning; close examination.

a visual examination by means of a television camera, as for the purpose of making visible or relaying pictures from a remote place

a satellite scan of the dark side of the moon; video scans of property listings available to customers.

a particular image or frame in such video observation or a photograph made from it.

Medicine/Medical, Biology .

examination of the body or an organ or part, or a biologically active material, by means of a technique such as computed axial tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance, ultrasonography, or scintigraphy.

the image or display so obtained.

verb

browse , check , consider , contemplate , dip into * , examine , flash * , flip through , give the once-over , glance at , glance over , have a look-see , inquire , investigate , leaf through , look , look through , look up and down , overlook , regard , riff , riffle , rumble , run over , run through , scour , search , size up , skim , study , survey , sweep , take a gander , take stock of , thumb through , look over , dip into , leaf , thumb , examination , glance , inspect , observe , peruse , read , scrutinize , view