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gaze
[ geyz ]
verb (used without object)
gazed, gazing.
- to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
noun
- a steady or intent look.
- at gaze, Heraldry. (of a deer or deerlike animal) represented as seen from the side with the head looking toward the spectator:
a stag at gaze.
gaze
/ ɡeɪz /
verb
- intr to look long and fixedly, esp in wonder or admiration
noun
- a fixed look; stare
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Derived Forms
- ˈgazer, noun
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Other Words From
- gazeless adjective
- gazer noun
- gazing·ly adverb
- outgaze verb (used with object) outgazed outgazing
- un·gazing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gaze1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English gasen; compare Norwegian, Swedish (dialect) gasa “to look”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gaze1
C14: from Swedish dialect gasa to gape at
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Synonym Study
Gaze, stare, gape suggest looking fixedly at something. To gaze is to look steadily and intently at something, especially at that which excites admiration, curiosity, or interest: to gaze at scenery, at a scientific experiment. To stare is to gaze with eyes wide open, as from surprise, wonder, alarm, stupidity, or impertinence: to stare unbelievingly or rudely. Gape is a word with uncomplimentary connotations; it suggests open-mouthed, often ignorant or rustic wonderment or curiosity: to gape at a tall building or a circus parade.
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Example Sentences
I gazed at her the way she looks at Helena Christensen.
From Los Angeles Times
"Those children that you speak of that become pregnant, they did not choose to become pregnant as children," Stockton testified, raising her gaze from her prepared remarks to the lawmakers before her.
From Salon
It’s as if he’s claiming nature’s untrampled territory with his reverential gaze — a distinctly political act for a colonizer.
From Los Angeles Times
Around the room, participants gazed reverently into their paper cups, some of them mouthing words silently.
From Los Angeles Times
Men looking out over the city from balconies or gazing at it through the crisscrossed steel girders of a bridge.
From Los Angeles Times
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