Definitions for scan
Overview of noun scan
The noun scan has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) scan
(the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars")
2. scan, CAT scan
(an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan")
Overview of verb scan
The verb scan has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (9) scan
(examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray")
2. (6) scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
(examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi")
3. (1) scan
(make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky")
4. scan
(conform to a metrical pattern)
5. scan
(move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image)
6. scan
(read metrically; "scan verses")
7. read, scan
(obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer")
