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gaze

[geyz]

verb (used without object)

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.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English gasen; compare Norwegian, Swedish (dial.) gasa to look

Related forms

gaze·less, adjective

gaz·er, noun

gaz·ing·ly, adverb

out·gaze, verb (used with object), -gazed, -gaz·ing.

un·gaz·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. 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

Lately, for whatever reason, the male gaze seems to have found a stirring corollary: she's eating your cooking.

Colleges avert gaze from students' posts on social-network sites.

It is also an example of what seems to be a primal human interaction-the mutual direction of gaze.

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Lately, for whatever reason, the male gaze seems to have found a stirring corollary: she's eating your cooking.

Colleges avert gaze from students' posts on social-network sites.

It is also an example of what seems to be a primal human interaction-the mutual direction of gaze.

In fact, it was me who was intimidated by her movement and her penetrating gaze.

Eye gaze is critically important to social primates such as humans.

The beast yawned and, nestling its tremendous head on its paws, shifted its gaze to us for the first time.

Gaze down and you'll notice that there's something missing.

And for volume, you rotate your gaze clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Its appeal to the pathetically lonely male gaze adds another dimension.

Also, at the circus our gaze is drawn almost reflexively to the atheist clown.

Charter flights no longer bring tourists to gaze at the dunes.

The researchers, though, are directing their gaze downward.

Eye gaze is critically important to humans, as social primates.

Cast your gaze eastward and you'll be stunned by the magical combination of green hills, craggy mountains, and endless blue sky.

But flying robots are agnostic about who they train their gaze upon, and can spy on cops as easily as they can spy on civilians.

Forna knows precisely when to push in and hold our gaze.

Gaze at something long enough and deeply enough and you are almost certain to find things you didn't expect.

Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card.

Not yet fully feathered, a young snowy owl levels a steady gaze from behind its fluffy coat.

By directing his gaze to his right hand, he diverts his audience's attention from his left hand.

People waiting to buy lunch shift their gaze sheepishly.

If you keep your gaze fixed, others will instinctively get out of the way.

She lifted her gaze to mine in that moment-of-truth way, expecting me to pick up on the thought.

Often it is replaced by a more craven instinct: to avert the gaze from what has become too painful to look at straight.

Gaze at the vivid yellows, blues, and psychedelic swirls of a single emperor angelfish and you'll sense the whimsy of evolution.

Scientists now want to take advantage of that natural nightly gaze.

Gaze deeply into his eyes and a silicon chip calmly stares back at you.

American law has not turned its gaze toward private colleges.

Armoured personnel carriers shuttle troops under the watchful gaze of snipers.

Initially, several of the bonobos in the group would take up positions at tree bases and steadily gaze upward.

The deception depends in part on social cues such as head position and gaze direction.

Most people drive up there and stop along the pull-outs to gaze upon the bridge and the city skyline.

Holograms may end up being a cheaper way to achieve that same trust-building gaze.

European firms benefited from shifting their gaze abroad.

The impact of this photograph comes from the dramatic lines and colors and the intimacy of the woman's gaze.

As you gaze at a, you soon notice circles spinning in opposite directions.

On that note, more screens from the game are below, so you can gaze upon them and see if you believe they are real.

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Policemen are now constantly under the gaze of mobile-phone and video cameras.

As you gaze around this morning on the mountain there is no legend, no nomad, no armyjust you.

His gaze was crucial in causing the illusion because it cued the expectations of the watchers, he says.

In the significant pause that follows, he lets his gaze roam from boy to boy, waiting.

Gaze with wonder upon the little turquoise boxes that appear in your available time slots.

Back and forth the gaze beating against unseeable and unmakeable.

And kids can gaze at the stars through the skylight ceiling.

The hacker's voice cracked and his gaze drifted to the floor as he finished his statement.

The satellite's sensor is rather faster, allowing it to look at one location and then gaze at another rapidly.

One melancholy cow peers over the fence as a knot of wine connoisseurs gaze at the oak-dotted hills and luxuriously swirl their.

It's five-inch necks let it crane its gaze over even.

He was apparently much composed, with gaze fixed upward, and lips moving as if in prayer.

With a blank gaze on his face-as if he's done it a million.

It's five-inch necks let it crane its gaze over even the.

The entire populace had poured out into the streets to gaze up in wonder at what was happening above them.

But not every black-hole buff's gaze has turned to the collider.

Another participant who dreamed of climbing a ladder shifted his gaze up and down repeatedly to check his progress.

Divert the gaze from the ubiquitous living-room eyesore by hanging a painting larger than the flat-screen right above it.

To do so is to invite robbery, kidnapping or the gaze of the policia tributaria.

I'll start my prurient gaze at the bottom and move upward:.

As you gaze out at the view, you see a stream of smoke.

Even a one-year-old can follow a parent's gaze to an object and match.

Spectators let their gaze sweep to the ladies of the royal party.

Very ambitious communcator type, with a smoldering gaze.

Unfortunately she is less strong when she turns her gaze back at herself.

My gaze fell on the face of the maize god looking over his shoulder at a beautiful maiden.

The veteran paleoanthropologist turns her gray-green gaze from me to the fossil cast sitting on her desk.

The gang ran the region not only under the gaze of government, but also in its stead.

Kids can gaze at the full moon, the stars, and the rings of.

The plywood, nylon and aluminum construction sits over the front wheel where you can gaze upon its lovely curves as you ride.

As you gaze into the eyes of a newborn you simply can't tell if you're looking at a future saver or a future waster.

Your eyes meet the snake's beady gaze through a tiny mirror above your head.

We lack the ability to see what's going on inside the body, to gaze through our too-solid flesh and glean.

She made sure to catch my gaze and gave me a knowing smile.

His voice is eerily soothing, his gaze steady, with a hint of an imperturbable smile.

Gaze up from the trout to spot mule deer or bighorn sheep in the sage hills.

In all probablity, the high-minded intellectuals will then gaze imperiously down their noses at such errant nonsense.

The firm's girth also threatens to attract the gaze of regulators.

There's a simple solution ask any kid why it doesn't play anymore and it will gaze at you if your stupid.

Keep your primary gaze on the camera itself and not the image on the screen.

Integration by regulation proceeds under the voters' indifferent gaze.

The nat-kadaws run to their aid, cradling them, and the women gaze with bewilderment at the crowd.

And even if you don't, you'll gaze on fossilized dinosaurs, rhinos and other.

It's the desperate, fixed gaze that makes it truly terrifying.

It is not unusual to see young women with surgical tape stuck to their face as they gaze out from their head-covering maqnaeh.

We head to the eroding beach and gaze out over open water.

All those who gaze upon it are turned into crumpets, so it was written.

The elbow, on the other hand, requires nothing but a gentle lifting of the arm to become the object of our admiring gaze.

The higher you gaze up the corporate ladder, the fewer women you see.

All the while the world's gaze is squarely fixed on the matches and the festival atmosphere in the stands.

Pupils converge toward the nose as they gaze into the distance.

There are many more volcanoes around the world under the steady gaze of webcams.

Some ignore us, while others gaze at us with intelligent-seeming curiosity.

Or, heck, even an album-cover display screen for you to gaze at while listening to music.

Miners with faces covered in black dust gaze at strangers while streams flow dark with runoff from their excavations.

These could produce an overlay of shifting colors or spots that change according to gaze direction.

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World English Dictionary

gaze (ɡeɪz)

—vb
1.	(intr) to look long and fixedly, esp in wonder or admiration

—n
2.	a fixed look; stare

[C14: from Swedish dialect gasa to gape at]

'gazer

—n

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Word Origin & History

gaze

late 14c., of Scand. origin (cf. Norw., Sw. dial. gasa "to gape"), related somehow to O.N. ga "heed." Related: Gazed; gazing.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

gaze (gāz)
n.
The act of looking steadily in one direction for a period of time.

gaze v.

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