To look at carefully or thoroughly, especially in search of something; examine, To direct 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, To conform to a metrical pattern, transitive verb_ 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, To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of something specific, To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize, verb_ To look about for, move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image, examine hastily, noun_ The act or an instance of scanning, the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region, The result or output of a scanning process