Gaze

Quick meaning: Gaze is a verb meaning (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.

Meaning

(intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, poetic) To stare at.
2. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
3. (psychoanalysis) In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
4. (media, usually in compounds) The framework in which a subject is presented, determined by the biases of the creator and/or audience.
5. (archaic) The object gazed on.

Example Sentences

They gazed at the stars for hours.

Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?

She just sat there very straight, gazing across the moon-washed garden.

Strait toward Heav'n my wondring Eyes I turnd, / And gaz'd a while the ample Skie

Word Forms

• gazes
• gazing
• gazed

Synonyms for gaze

Depending on context, synonyms include gape, stare, muse, regard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stare, regard, glance, glimpse, peer, admire.

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