1. To examine closely. 2. scanning the horizon for signs of land. 3. scanned the morning papers while eating breakfast. 4. To analyze (verse) into metrical patterns. 5. To move a finely focused beam of light or electrons in a systematic pattern over (a surface) in order to reproduce or sense and subsequently transmit an image. 6. To move a radar beam in a systematic pattern over (a sector of sky) in search of a target. 7. To search (stored data) automatically for specific data. 8. To examine (a body or a body part) with a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus. 9. To analyze verse into metrical patterns. 10. To conform to a metrical pattern. 11. To undergo electronic scanning. 12. The act or an instance of scanning. 13. Scope or field of vision. 14. Examination of a body or bodily part by a CAT scanner or similar scanning apparatus. 15. A picture or an image produced by this means. 16. A single sweep of the beam of electrons across a television screen.
