CAT, e.g. (4 letters)

{ Answer }

SCAN

{ Related Clues }

Brain ___
CAT, for one
Examine
Peruse
Read
Scrutinize
Search
Survey
Analyze verse
Counter act
Digitize, maybe
Digitize, in a way
Electronic reading
Employ radar
Eye carefully
Glance over
Look over
Radar display
Read digitally
Read a meter
Read quickly
Scrutinize carefully
Skim over
Use radar
Certain ID check
Check the bar code
Close, searching look
Copiers do it
Diagnostic test, of a sort
Examination by remote camera
Give the once-over
Good, close look
Preparation for surgery, perhaps
Read, as U.P.C. symbols
Some camera work
Supermarket checkers do it

{ Tags }

analyze, carefully, cat, computer, display, do, glance, look, once, over, peruse, quickly, radar, read, scan, scrutinize, supermarket, survey, through, use, verse

{ Notes }

The answer SCAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SCAN as a noun:

1. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

2. (scan, CAT scan) = an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

SCAN as a verb:

1. examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

2. (scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down) = examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

3. make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"

4. conform to a metrical pattern

5. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

6. read metrically; "scan verses"

7. (read, scan) = obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"