gaze
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Akin to Swedish dial. gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgasjan, “to terrify”). [1]
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gaze (third-person singular simple present gazes, present participle gazing, simple past and past participle gazed)
- (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was, in very truth, as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see.
- In fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from Thinking in the Absence of Image)
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- (transitive) (poetic) To stare at.
- 1667: Strait toward Heav'n my wondring Eyes I turnd, / And gaz'd a while the ample Skie — John Milton, Paradise Lost (book VIII)
[edit] Troponyms
- (To stare intently): ogle
[edit] Translations
To stare intently or earnestly
To stare at
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[edit] Noun
gaze (plural gazes)
- A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- (archaic): The object gazed on.
[edit] Translations
A fixed look
The object gazed on
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[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡaz/
[edit] Verb
gaze
