gaze

gaze
    n 1: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn:
         {gaze}, {regard}]
    v 1: look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the
         teacher with amazement" [syn: {gaze}, {stare}]
    

Gaze \Gaze\, v. t.
   To view with attention; to gaze on . [R.]
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         And gazed a while the ample sky.         --Milton.
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Gaze \Gaze\, n.
   1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration;
      a continued look of attention.
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            With secret gaze
            Or open admiration him behold.        --Milton.
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   2. The object gazed on.
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            Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze. --Milton.
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   {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.
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                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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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.
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         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.
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64 Moby Thesaurus words for "gaze":
      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