scan
scan is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
What does scan mean?
Examine hastily.
“She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”
Obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources.
Conform to a metrical pattern.
Examine minutely or intensely.
“the surgeon scanned the X-ray”
Make a wide, sweeping search of.
“The beams scanned the night sky”
Move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image.
Read metrically.
“scan verses”
An image produced by scanning.
“he analyzed the brain scan”
“you could see the tumor in the CAT scan”
The act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region.
“he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars”
Anagrams of scan
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