All look after synonyms
look afΒ·ter
L l verb look after
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- pay attention β be attentive
- manage β to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- take care of β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- guard β to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guard β to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- sow β to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
- shield β a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- preserve β to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- succeed β to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- note β a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- hear β to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
- observe β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- accomplish β If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- act β When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- produce β to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- perform β to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- uphold β to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- plow β an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- prepare β to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- guide β to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- attend β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- lead β to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- harvest β Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- graze β to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- safeguard β something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- reap β to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- cultivate β If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- watch β to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- undertake β to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.