lens vs look

lens

noun
  • A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something. 

  • A genus of the legume family; its bean. 

  • The transparent crystalline structure in the eye. 

  • A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures. 

  • An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. 

  • A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. 

  • A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. 

  • A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens. 

verb
  • To film, shoot. 

  • To become thinner towards the edges. 

look

noun
  • The action of looking; an attempt to see. 

  • A facial expression. 

  • Physical appearance, visual impression. 

intj
  • Pay attention. 

verb
  • As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object. 

  • To make sure of, to see to. 

  • To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. 

  • To give an appearance of being. 

  • To express or manifest by a look. 

  • To face or present a view. 

  • To expect or anticipate. 

  • As an intransitive verb, often with "at". 

  • To search for, to try to find. 

  • To appear, to seem. 

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