Synonyms for lamping
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lamp |
| Phonetic Transcription : læmp |
Top 10 synonyms for lamping Other synonyms for the word lamping
- admire
- beam
- behold
- bore
- catch
- contemplate
- dig
- discern
- distinguish
- eagle-eye
- espy
- eye
- eyeball
- flash
- gape
- gawk
- gaze open-mouthed
- get a load of
- get an eyeful
- get an eyeful of
- glare
- gloat
- keep one's eye on
- lamp
- look
- look fixedly
- make out
- mind
- moon
- observe
- ogle
- peek
- peep
- peer
- perceive
- pick up on
- pin
- pipe
- read
- regard
- rivet the eyes on
- ru
- rubber
- rubberneck
- scrutinize
- see
- size up
- spot
- spy
- study
- survey
- take in
- view
- watch
- witness
- wonder
Définition of lamping
Origin :- c.1200, from Old French lampe "lamp, lights" (12c.), from Latin lampas "a light, torch, flambeau," from Greek lampas "torch, lamp, beacon, meteor, light," from lampein "to shine," from nasalized form of PIE root *lap- "to shine" (cf. Lithuanian lope "light," Old Irish lassar "flame"). Replaced Old English leohtfæt "light vessel." To smell of the lamp "be a product of laborious night study" is from 1570s.
- As in observe : verb see, notice
- As in goggle : verb gaze
- As in gaze : verb stare at
- He could not tell how the day went, as he had no light but the lamping of Lina's eyes.
- Extract from : « The Princess and Curdie » by George MacDonald
- Every place we go he wanders around for hours lamping the denizens of the burg.
- Extract from : « Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager » by Burt L. Standish
- Almost under our feet, shot up the head of an enormous snake, with a lamping wallowing glare in its eyes.
- Extract from : « Lilith » by George MacDonald
- Then the moon rose; a regular conventional Italian moon, chequering the path like sunshine, lamping the cypresses and campaniles.
- Extract from : « Ruskin Relics » by W. G. Collingwood
Antonyms for lamping
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