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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" [syn: consult, refer, look up]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to cheer up <look up—things are not all bad> 2. to improve in prospects or conditions <business is looking up> transitive verb 1. to search for in or as if in a reference work <look up an address> 2. to seek out especially for a brief visit <look me up when you're here>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you look up a fact or a piece of information, you find it out by looking in something such as a reference book or a list. I looked your address up in the personnel file... Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 2. If you look someone up, you visit them after not having seen them for a long time. I'll try to look him up, ask him a few questions... She looked up some friends of bygone years. = visit PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 3. If a situation is looking up, it is improving. (INFORMAL) Things could be looking up in the computer industry. = improve PHRASAL VERB: usu cont, V P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Search for, look out.

Moby Thesaurus

advance, ameliorate, amend, angle for, ask for, beat about for, call, come along, come by, come on, come over, convalesce, delve for, develop, dig for, drop in, fish for, follow, gain, gain ground, get ahead, get along, go ahead, go forward, go gunning for, graduate, grow better, gun for, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, improve, look, look for, look in, make headway, make progress, make strides, meliorate, mend, perk up, pick up, pop in, progress, prowl after, pursue, quest, recuperate, run in, search for, see, see to, seek, seek for, shape up, show improvement, skyrocket, step in, still-hunt, take off, try to find