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Definition of gaze in English: gazeverb ɡeɪzɡeɪz no object, with adverbial of direction Look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought. he could only gaze at her in astonishment Example sentencesExamples - But after half a dozen of these, the audience were gazing at the stage in confusion.
- I was gazing at the Ordnance Survey map for the Ripon area and today's route just leapt off the page.
- We stood there gazing at it, and agreed that it was very beautiful indeed.
- We try to ignore it while gazing at the sky, talking of loves lost and spotting slowly gliding aeroplanes.
- Strangely, all the people standing around me on Tuesday were gazing in wonder.
- I had a book with me, but most of the time I spent gazing out of the window, watching California pass by.
- She goes upstairs to the final room, peering in, gazing upon a closet that is taped shut.
- It was difficult to focus her eyes, but she saw that he was gazing intently into them.
- He gazed steadily at her with a calm and regal expression, his eyes shining softly.
- I sat for a fairly long while, gazing out of the window, got bored with that, and went to pull out a few books of poetry.
- He was gazing at me through squinting grey eyes, rather than deep brown orbs.
- Her eyes were still open and sad, and I thought they were gazing at me from far away.
- I took my chair to the open corridor and sat there with my book, gazing at the sunset.
- The boy didn't look up but instead kept on gazing intently at the boring grey material of the driver's seat.
- Should I avoid mirrors, or spend more time gazing in the hope of reconciliation?
- I seem to spend a little time each evening in this lovely summer weather gazing out of my study window.
- In fact, I stopped a couple of times, just standing, head raised, gazing at the sky.
- A wolf stood at the rim of the hollow, gazing at them intently with golden eyes.
- People milled around, gazing out to sea and watching the waves lapping at the jetty in silent worship.
- Imagine her look of horror upon entering the flat as she spins, gazing in horror at shelf after shelf of tiny toy cars.
Synonyms stare, look fixedly, look vacantly, look, take a good look, gape, goggle, peer, leer ogle, eye, contemplate, survey, scan, study informal gawk at, rubberneck at, give something the once-over, get a load of, check out British informal gawp at North American informal eyeball literary behold
noun ɡeɪzɡeɪz 1A steady intent look. he turned, following her gaze offices screened from the public gaze Example sentencesExamples - More sweat fell down his stubby chin as he tried to avert his eyes away from her steady gaze.
- Only a fortnight ago, they were in a farmhouse on the city outskirts away from the gaze of the public.
- Their eyes met for a long moment, both gazes calm and steady.
- Following our gazes, he looked at it too and shrugged indifferently.
- The settlement would be reached somewhere away from the public gaze and media glare.
- Lately, her steady deep-grey gaze has been held by a new bird feeder in her garden.
- The gaze is steady and there is both a reserve and a frank regard in her eyes.
- He just looked at our teacher for a moment, and then held a steady gaze out the window.
- Blinded by the sight I tried hard not to stare and fixed my gaze on something out of the window.
- I raised my eyebrows at him but he met me with a steady, unperturbed gaze.
- The three boys followed her with their gazes, not looking away until she disappeared from their line of vision as she turned another corner.
- When it is forced into the public gaze, we react in a way that shames us.
- The same eyes were looking at me, almost burning me with their intent gaze.
- Meanwhile, Luke and I avert our gazes, looking with studied interest at the fascinating ads above the tube map, opposite.
- The young man followed my gaze then looked at me for a minute as if trying to make up his mind.
- The building site at La Scala had been hidden from the public gaze since the renovation work began in January.
- When I walk up to the back of a crowd of people his eyes shift to mine and his gaze is steady.
- However this trade still continues away from the public gaze or under another name.
- The sequence is silent and directs viewers' attention to the intent gazes of museum-goers and the degrees of engagement or distraction.
- I followed his gaze to look at a booth with basketball hoops and balls.
Synonyms stare, fixed look, intent look, gape, eye regard, watch, observance, inspection, scrutiny - 1.1 (in literary theory) a particular perspective considered as embodying certain aspects of the relationship between observer and observed.
Example sentencesExamples - As a first step, I closely examine the passage, its narrative strategies and the gaze, or rather gazes, that inform it.
- His blindness ensures that she does not, once again, become the object of the male gaze.
- Being a straight man in gay circles taught him something about what it feels like to be on the other end of the male gaze.
- There seems to be a female gaze that is pretty much like the male gaze, if you ask me.
- They do not avert their eye coyly or present a subordinate sex symbol image that invites the male gaze.
Derivatives noun ˈɡeɪzəˈɡeɪzər There hasn't been a better time to be a media navel gazer in recent history. Example sentencesExamples - But on these two issues the divide between the crystal-ball gazers is as great as ever.
- If the conditions and western horizon are clear, the sky gazers could easily watch the event with naked eye till about 7.45 p.m., he says.
- Turning the gaze onto the gazers, a group left unstudied in the majority of literature on sex work, she unpacks how trips to the strip club are closely linked with discourses about sexuality, consumption and masculinity.
- The group of chess lovers is often clamorous, but always concentrating, with more gazers and supporters than real players, each viewer a potential undercover chess player.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps related to obsolete gaw (see gawk). Rhymes ablaze, amaze, appraise, baize, Blaise, blaze, braise, broderie anglaise, chaise, craze, daze, écossaise, erase, faze, glaze, graze, Hayes, Hays, haze, laze, liaise, lyonnaise, maize, malaise, Marseillaise, mayonnaise, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, prase, raise, raze, upraise Definition of gaze in US English: gazeverbɡeɪzɡāz no object, with adverbial of direction Look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought. he could only gaze at her in astonishment Example sentencesExamples - Strangely, all the people standing around me on Tuesday were gazing in wonder.
- She goes upstairs to the final room, peering in, gazing upon a closet that is taped shut.
- I sat for a fairly long while, gazing out of the window, got bored with that, and went to pull out a few books of poetry.
- We stood there gazing at it, and agreed that it was very beautiful indeed.
- Imagine her look of horror upon entering the flat as she spins, gazing in horror at shelf after shelf of tiny toy cars.
- I was gazing at the Ordnance Survey map for the Ripon area and today's route just leapt off the page.
- We try to ignore it while gazing at the sky, talking of loves lost and spotting slowly gliding aeroplanes.
- In fact, I stopped a couple of times, just standing, head raised, gazing at the sky.
- Her eyes were still open and sad, and I thought they were gazing at me from far away.
- He was gazing at me through squinting grey eyes, rather than deep brown orbs.
- He gazed steadily at her with a calm and regal expression, his eyes shining softly.
- Should I avoid mirrors, or spend more time gazing in the hope of reconciliation?
- A wolf stood at the rim of the hollow, gazing at them intently with golden eyes.
- People milled around, gazing out to sea and watching the waves lapping at the jetty in silent worship.
- I seem to spend a little time each evening in this lovely summer weather gazing out of my study window.
- I had a book with me, but most of the time I spent gazing out of the window, watching California pass by.
- But after half a dozen of these, the audience were gazing at the stage in confusion.
- I took my chair to the open corridor and sat there with my book, gazing at the sunset.
- It was difficult to focus her eyes, but she saw that he was gazing intently into them.
- The boy didn't look up but instead kept on gazing intently at the boring grey material of the driver's seat.
Synonyms stare, look fixedly, look vacantly, look, take a good look, gape, goggle, peer, leer
nounɡeɪzɡāz 1A steady intent look. he turned, following her gaze offices screened from the public gaze Example sentencesExamples - Lately, her steady deep-grey gaze has been held by a new bird feeder in her garden.
- When I walk up to the back of a crowd of people his eyes shift to mine and his gaze is steady.
- The three boys followed her with their gazes, not looking away until she disappeared from their line of vision as she turned another corner.
- When it is forced into the public gaze, we react in a way that shames us.
- The settlement would be reached somewhere away from the public gaze and media glare.
- Meanwhile, Luke and I avert our gazes, looking with studied interest at the fascinating ads above the tube map, opposite.
- The building site at La Scala had been hidden from the public gaze since the renovation work began in January.
- More sweat fell down his stubby chin as he tried to avert his eyes away from her steady gaze.
- Following our gazes, he looked at it too and shrugged indifferently.
- The same eyes were looking at me, almost burning me with their intent gaze.
- The young man followed my gaze then looked at me for a minute as if trying to make up his mind.
- I followed his gaze to look at a booth with basketball hoops and balls.
- Their eyes met for a long moment, both gazes calm and steady.
- Only a fortnight ago, they were in a farmhouse on the city outskirts away from the gaze of the public.
- He just looked at our teacher for a moment, and then held a steady gaze out the window.
- The gaze is steady and there is both a reserve and a frank regard in her eyes.
- The sequence is silent and directs viewers' attention to the intent gazes of museum-goers and the degrees of engagement or distraction.
- I raised my eyebrows at him but he met me with a steady, unperturbed gaze.
- Blinded by the sight I tried hard not to stare and fixed my gaze on something out of the window.
- However this trade still continues away from the public gaze or under another name.
Synonyms stare, fixed look, intent look, gape, eye - 1.1in singular (in literary theory) a particular perspective taken to embody certain aspects of the relationship between observer and observed, especially as reflected in the way in which an author or film director (unconsciously or otherwise) directs attention.
Example sentencesExamples - Being a straight man in gay circles taught him something about what it feels like to be on the other end of the male gaze.
- There seems to be a female gaze that is pretty much like the male gaze, if you ask me.
- His blindness ensures that she does not, once again, become the object of the male gaze.
- As a first step, I closely examine the passage, its narrative strategies and the gaze, or rather gazes, that inform it.
- They do not avert their eye coyly or present a subordinate sex symbol image that invites the male gaze.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps related to obsolete gaw (see gawk). |