Unscramble scans

Definition of scan

noun:

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

verb:

• examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray".
• examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi". Synonyms: glance over, rake, run down, skim.
• make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky".
• conform to a metrical pattern.
• move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image.
• read metrically; "scan verses".
• obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer". Synonyms: read.

Related words

glass, misread.

Words nearby

can, oscan, scab, scad, scag, scam, scant, scar, scat, shan, sian, span, swan.

Rhymes with

an, ane, anne, ban, bhutan, bran, can, cannes, catamaran, cezanne, clan, cyan, divan, fan, flan, gran, han, harmattan, iran, jan.