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gaze

  [geyz] verb, gazed, gaz⋅ing, noun
Use gaze in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
–noun
2. a steady or intent look.
3. 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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME gasen; cf. Norw, Sw (dial.) gasa to look

Related forms:
gazeless, adjective
gazer, noun
gaz⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. Gaze, stare, gape suggest looking fixedly at something. To gaze is to look steadily and intently at something, esp. 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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gaze   (gāz)   
intr.v.   gazed, gaz·ing, gaz·es
To look steadily, intently, and with fixed attention.
n.  A steady, fixed look.

[Middle English gasen, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
gaz'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to look long and intently. Gaze is often indicative of wonder, fascination, awe, or admiration: gazing at the stars.
Stare can indicate curiosity, boldness, insolence, or stupidity: stared at them in disbelief.
Gape suggests a prolonged open-mouthed look reflecting amazement, awe, or lack of intelligence: tourists gaping at the sights.
To gawk is to gape or stare stupidly: Drivers gawked at the disabled truck.
To glare is to fix another with a hard, piercing stare: glared furiously at me.
To peer is to look narrowly, searchingly, and seemingly with difficulty: peered at us through her glasses.
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Gaze

Gaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gazing.] [OE. gasen, akin to dial. Sw. gasa, cf. Goth. us-gaisjan to terrify, us-geisnan to be terrified. Cf. Aghast, Ghastly, Ghost, Hesitate.] To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.

Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? --Acts i. 11.

Syn: To gape; stare; look.

Usage: To Gaze, Gape, Stare. To gaze is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant look.

Gaze

Gaze\, v. t. To view with attention; to gaze on . [R.]

And gazed a while the ample sky. --Milton.

Gaze

Gaze\, n. 1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

With secret gaze Or open admiration him behold. --Milton.

2. The object gazed on.

Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze. --Milton.

At gaze (a) (Her.) With the face turned directly to the front; -- said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind, when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon. (b) In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; -- a term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a stag when he first hears the hounds and gazes round in apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing agape; idly or stupidly gazing.

I that rather held it better men should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon! --Tennyson.
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Language Translation for : gaze
Spanish: mirar fijamente, clavar la vista en,
German: (an)starren,
Japanese: じっと見つめる
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gaze 
c.1386, of Scand. origin (cf. Norw., Sw. dial. gasa "to gape"), related somehow to O.N. ga "heed."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: gaze
Pronunciation: 'gAz
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: gazed; gaz·ing
: to fix the eyes in a steady andintent look —gaze noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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gaze (gāz)
n.
The act of looking steadily in one direction for a period of time.

gaze v.

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