Gaze
[geɪz] or [ɡez]
Definition
(noun.) a long fixed look; 'he fixed his paternal gaze on me'.
(verb.) look at with fixed eyes; 'The students stared at the teacher with amazement'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.
(v. t.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Stare, gloat, look intently.
n. Stare, intent look, fixed look.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Stare, contemplate, scan, behold, regard, view, glower, gloat
ANT:Wink, ignore, overlook, ogler_disregard, glance
Editor: Pratt
Definition
v.i to look fixedly.—n. a fixed look: the object gazed at—(Spens.) Gaze′ment.—adj. Gaze′ful (Spens.) looking intently.—ns. Gaze′-hound a hound that pursues by sight rather than scent; Gaz′er one who gazes; Gaz′ing-stock a person exposed to public view generally in a bad sense.—At gaze in the attitude of gazing.
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Examples
- Her colour burned deeper, but she held his gaze. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Her gaze said, This woman is not of mine or my daughters' kind. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I saw the sudden change that came upon him beneath my gaze. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He returned Mr. Pott's gaze of stone, and in compliance with that gentleman's request, proceeded to make the most he could of the 'serpent. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Jackson, shifting himself slightly in his chair, turned a tranquil gaze on the young man's burning face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Leaning back in his chair he could watch Caroline without her perceiving where his gaze was fixed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Another part of the room soon riveted her gaze. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Heaven and Evening gazed back on her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He gazed stupidly about him for an instant, and obeyed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She gazed at me with troubled eyes, long and questioningly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Mr. Claypole, without making any further change in his position than suffering his legs to reach the ground, gazed at the beadle in drunken terror. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- This very evening he had again stooped, gazed, and decreed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She went and leaned on the chest of drawers over which the picture hung, and gazed and gazed at it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It gazed and gazed on me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I sat gazing at him, spell-bound. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted blinds gazing down into the dull neutral-tinted London street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I remained in a recess of the rock, gazing on this wonderful and stupendous scene. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The two ladies, their brother, Mr. St. John, the old servant, were all gazing at me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That moon, lately risen, was gazing full and mild upon her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She is very beautiful, said Maurice, gazing longingly at this modern Helen. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Miss Keeldar sat near--for a wonder, neither laughing nor talking; on the contrary, very still, and gazing round her vigilantly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thus the activities of the astronomer vary with the stars at which he gazes or about which he calculates. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Their shadow seems to rest where she gazes, and to instil peace and thought. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How he calls aloud a name, and drops his burden, and gazes on it wildly! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He thus grasps and cries, and gazes, because he no longer fears to waken by any sound he can utter--by any movement he can make. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I may die; but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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