Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To look steadily, intently, and with fixed attention.
- n. A steady, fixed look.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To look steadily or intently; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or anxiety.
- Synonyms Gape, etc. See stare.
- To look at intently or with fixed attention.
- n. A fixed or intent look, as of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- n. The object gazed on; a gazing-stock.
- n. In heraldry, standing and turning the head so as to look out from the shield: said only of the hart: equivalent to statant affrontė, which is applied to other beasts used as charges.
Wiktionary
- v. To stare intently or earnestly.
- v. To stare at.
- n. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- n. : The object gazed on.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.
- v. To view with attention; to gaze on .
- n. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- n. The object gazed on.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a long fixed look
- v. look at with fixed eyes
Etymologies
- Middle English gasen, probably of Scandinavian origin.
Examples
“We have Obama particularly looking down a lot ... and now looking down - what I call gaze aversion - is a new measure that has to go along with blink frequency," he said.”
“I asked, transferring my gaze from the somber shutters ... to the window with the bright stickers and colorful mamie leaning out.”
“His wife lifted her gaze from the pots and pans, and followed his in a keen scrutiny of the river.”
“Her gaze is so incredibly direct, so unyielding, that he just has to look away.”
“Paladin stood up, nodded his head, and consciously averting his gaze from the poor souls on the wall, walked towards the bedroom area.”
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“Rosemary walked into the diner in a single, long, lithe movement that drew my gaze from the list of eggs done every which way.”
“It deflects our gaze from the real threats of economic meltdown, political complicity, and environmental apocalypse.”
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“Their gaze is direct into the lens, with what might be described as a "straight face" common to the long exposure requirements of that era's photography.”
“Looking down again, our gaze is drawn to the high altar (by Balthasar Esterbauer after a design of Johann Dientzenhofer):”
“She slid her gaze from the ceiling over to the little sink at which the doctor stood, rubbing his hands beneath the gurgle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gaze’.
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Film
jidaigeki, samurai, Kurosawa, action, comedy, drama, Bergman, Buñuel, surreal, rotoscope, melodrama, Cinerama and 333 more...
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steffany(grade 2)
accident, agree, arrive, astronomy, attention, award, aware, balance, banner, bare, base, beach and 127 more...
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jackgrade2
accident, agree, arrive, astronomy, atlas, attention, award, aware, balance, banner, bare, base and 127 more...
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I am : looking
To describe facial expressions when attending to something.
look, peer, glance, stare, glare, glower, ogle, peek, observe, scrutinize, gaze, gape and 18 more...
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Alternatives to LOOK
Look is a boring word.
admire, focus, contemplate, gawk, inspect, scan, scrutinized, spot, study, observe, gaze, stare and 3 more...
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Here's Looking At You Kid
Synonyms or funny substitutes for the word 'look'.
gaze, glare, saw, penned, peeked, poked, bore, blazed, glance, search, gaped, gawped and 29 more...
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GSha101's list
Returning the Gaze
glass window, mirror, gaze, returning your ow..., lovers, racial issues
mcritz 48 on a triple word with a ER word-cross. Sep 25, 2008