'Gaze' definitions:
Definition of 'gaze'
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Definition of 'Gaze'
From: GCIDE
- Gaze \Gaze\ (g[=a]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gazed (g[=a]zd); 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 fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gaze'
From: GCIDE
- Gaze \Gaze\, v. t. To view with attention; to gaze on . [R.] [1913 Webster]
- And gazed a while the ample sky. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gaze'
From: GCIDE
- Gaze \Gaze\, n.
- 1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. [1913 Webster]
- With secret gaze Or open admiration him behold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The object gazed on. [1913 Webster]
- Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gaze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admire,
- be amazed,
- be astonished,
- be vigilant,
- be watchful,
- bedroom eyes,
- bore,
- come-hither look,
- contemplate,
- crane,
- crane the neck,
- evil eye,
- eye,
- eyeball,
- follow,
- gape,
- gaup,
- gawk,
- gaze at,
- gaze open-mouthed,
- glad eye,
- glare,
- gloat,
- glower,
- glowering look,
- goggle,
- have a looksee,
- hold in view,
- inspect,
- keep in sight,
- keep in view,
- keep under observation,
- look,
- look after,
- look at,
- look on,
- look upon,
- malocchio,
- marvel,
- observe,
- ogle,
- peek,
- peep,
- peer,
- penetrating look,
- reconnoiter,
- regard,
- rubberneck,
- scout,
- scrutinize,
- see,
- spy upon,
- stand aghast,
- stand on tiptoe,
- stare,
- stare at,
- stare down,
- stare hard,
- stare openmouthed,
- survey,
- view,
- watch,
- whammy,
- wonder