The verb לְהִסְתַּכֵּל...
...is a wonderful equivalent of "to look"! I'd say - 100% match! Think of a sentence in which you'd use "to look" in English - and use לְהִסְתַּכֵּל there! Mind the preposition, of course! ;) (it's לְהִסְתַּכֵּל על!)
We had some examples last week, but here is more:
תִּסְתַּכֵּל עַל הֶחָתוּל הָזָה, אֵיךְ הוּא הִגִּיעַ לְשֵׁם בַּכְּלָל?
Another one for "to look" (a synonym, more or less, but a bit more like the English "to glance") is...
...the verb לְהַבִּיט
It's more of a short action, when you look at something and then turn away.
Like in the first lines of Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat" (translated to Hebrew):
גַּשֵּׁר יָרַד,
הָיָה קַר וְרָטֹב,
יָשַׁבְנוּ בַּבַּיִת,
הִבַּטְנוּ לָרְחוֹב.
:)