The Clue
Electronic once-over (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAN
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Brain ___
Cat ___
Peruse
Scrutinize
Search
Survey
Analyze verse
Check, as the horizon
Computer picture
Computerized photo
Employ radar
Examine closely
Glance over
Look over
M.R.I. display
Radar action
Read quickly
Read the U.P.C. of
Read, in a way
Supermarket check
Car radio feature
Close, searching look
Do a cashier's job
Give the once-over
Go over, as with radar
Good, close look
Look over casually
Look over hastily
Preparation for surgery, perhaps
Read, as bar codes
Read, as a U.P.C. symbol
Read, as U.P.C. symbols
Take an electronic picture of
Use a radar device
View by computer tomography
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Put into the computer without typing
Definition
SCAN as a noun:
1. 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"
SCAN as a verb:
1. examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
2. (scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down) = examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
3. make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"
4. conform to a metrical pattern
5. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
6. read metrically; "scan verses"
7. (read, scan) = obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"