What part of speech is looks?

Looks can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. looks is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of look (infinitive).
  • 2. looks is a noun, plural of look.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does looks mean?

Definitions

Verb

look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
look - have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
look - convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me"
look - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!"

Noun

look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"
look - physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place"

Examples of looks

#   Sentence  
1. verb looks like it is rearing its head again in Louisianna..
2. verb The back of her neck looks like a pack of hot dogs.
3. verb Sorry that this response looks so long.
4. verb Steve, everything looks good with one exception.
5. verb looks fine.
6. verb Just to let you know that it looks like one day will work.
7. verb Hope you've been storing up sleep, cause it looks like you won't be getting much for a while.
8. verb Rick looks like a good candidate.
9. verb If Sam's description below of the GCP procedure is correct, it looks to me like something needs to be changed.
10. verb Looks good.
11. verb It looks like the 2-day L/C issue is an issue.
12. verb It looks like NASA is ready to sour again after it's devastating loss from the Columbia accident which occurred nearly two years ago.
13. verb So now the Senate is getting ready to vote soon, on whether to approve him or not; and at this moment (evening of Jan. 27, 2006) it looks like he has more than the fifty-one votes needed for approval.
14. verb "I do not feel it has changed the US citizens which is what was needed, even now the majority want "Gas" despite the fact they are polluting the world more than any other country in the world and refuse to stop, perhaps this natural disaster, which let's face it looks like a product of Global Warming, will change their views, why not pick things up with your hands and walk with your legs, other people in the world do it, "Gas" is not the be all and end all!"
15. verb "This looks pretty interesting," Hiroshi says.
16. noun You are saying you intentionally hide your good looks?
17. noun Beth has preserved her good looks.
18. noun Looks like I might have to burn the midnight oil tonight.
19. noun Looks like you didn't study much for the test.
20. noun We cannot tell a good person from a bad one by looks alone.
21. noun The executive director is a real pushover for looks.
22. noun Looks like another nice day.
23. noun I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.
24. noun It is not her looks that is important but her ability.
25. noun Small print looks dim.
26. noun I think it's about time you stopped putting your belly before your looks.
27. noun You shouldn't judge a person by his looks.
28. noun His chief attraction lies in his character, not his looks.
29. noun I gathered from his looks he was angry with me.
30. noun I was taken in by his good looks and gracious manners.
Sentence  
verb
looks like it is rearing its head again in Louisianna..
The back of her neck looks like a pack of hot dogs.
Sorry that this response looks so long.
Steve, everything looks good with one exception.
looks fine.
Just to let you know that it looks like one day will work.
Hope you've been storing up sleep, cause it looks like you won't be getting much for a while.
Rick looks like a good candidate.
If Sam's description below of the GCP procedure is correct, it looks to me like something needs to be changed.
Looks good.
It looks like the 2-day L/C issue is an issue.
It looks like NASA is ready to sour again after it's devastating loss from the Columbia accident which occurred nearly two years ago.
So now the Senate is getting ready to vote soon, on whether to approve him or not; and at this moment (evening of Jan. 27, 2006) it looks like he has more than the fifty-one votes needed for approval.
"I do not feel it has changed the US citizens which is what was needed, even now the majority want "Gas" despite the fact they are polluting the world more than any other country in the world and refuse to stop, perhaps this natural disaster, which let's face it looks like a product of Global Warming, will change their views, why not pick things up with your hands and walk with your legs, other people in the world do it, "Gas" is not the be all and end all!"
"This looks pretty interesting," Hiroshi says.
noun
You are saying you intentionally hide your good looks?
Beth has preserved her good looks.
Looks like I might have to burn the midnight oil tonight.
Looks like you didn't study much for the test.
We cannot tell a good person from a bad one by looks alone.
The executive director is a real pushover for looks.
Looks like another nice day.
I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.
It is not her looks that is important but her ability.
Small print looks dim.
I think it's about time you stopped putting your belly before your looks.
You shouldn't judge a person by his looks.
His chief attraction lies in his character, not his looks.
I gathered from his looks he was angry with me.
I was taken in by his good looks and gracious manners.

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