read, scan
(verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources; “This dictionary can be read by the computer”
scan
(verb) read metrically; “scan verses”
scan
(verb) make a wide, sweeping search of; “The beams scanned the night sky”
scan
(verb) move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
(verb) examine hastily; “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”
scan
(verb) examine minutely or intensely; “the surgeon scanned the X-ray”
scan
(verb) conform to a metrical pattern
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scanned (comparative more scanned, superlative most scanned)
Converted to a digital format using a scanner.
Seen, looked at.
scanned
simple past tense and past participle of scan
Source: Wiktionary
Scan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Scanning.] Etym: [L. scandere, scansum, to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander. Cf. Ascend, Descend, Scale a ladder.]
1. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.] Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand. Spenser.
2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.
3. To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize. The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted. Atterbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 March 2025
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
