verb
scans; scanned; scanning
[+ obj] :to look at (something) carefully usually in order to find someone or something
to look over or read (something) quickly [+ obj]
[+ obj] :to look at the inside of (something) by using a special machine
to use a special machine to read or copy (something, such as a photograph or a page of text) into a computer [+ obj]
[no obj] technical of a poem :to have a correct or regular rhythm
noun
plural scans
[count] the act or process of scanning something: such as
the act of looking at something carefully or quickly - usually singular
the act or process of using a special machine to see the inside of something (such as a part of the body)
a picture of the inside of something that is made by a special machine