GAZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gaze mean? 

• GAZE (noun)
  The noun GAZE has 1 sense:

1. a long fixed look

  Familiarity information: GAZE used as a noun is very rare.

• GAZE (verb)
  The verb GAZE has 1 sense:

1. look at with fixed eyes

  Familiarity information: GAZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long fixed look

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

gaze; regard

Context example:

he fixed his paternal gaze on me

Hypernyms ("gaze" is a kind of...):

stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)

Derivation:

gaze (look at with fixed eyes)

• GAZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gaze    ... he / she / it gazes   
Past simple: gazed   
Past participle: gazed   
-ing form: gazing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look at with fixed eyes

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

gaze; stare

Context example:

The students stared at the teacher with amazement

Hypernyms (to "gaze" is one way to...):

look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gaze"):

outface; outstare; stare down (overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring)

stargaze (observe the stars)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They gaze up the hill

Derivation:

gaze (a long fixed look)

 Context examples 

His face was anxious, as was the face of my companion, who had stumped over to the rail and was gazing with a like intentness in the direction of the invisible danger.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

As Dorothy gazed upon this in wonder and fear, the eyes turned slowly and looked at her sharply and steadily.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Ah! said the man, as he gazed upon her, what a fine thing it is to be emperor!

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The steady gaze of Kepler allowed astronomers to see, at last, a supernova shockwave as it reached the surface of a star.

(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)

Van Helsing was gazing at him with a look of utmost intensity, his bushy eyebrows almost meeting with the fixed concentration of his look.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She looked at him curiously, and he felt a reproach in her gaze and manner.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I took my state and college exams at home under the gaze of a homeschool teacher sent by the Board of Education.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Monster black holes sometimes lurk behind gas and dust, hiding from the gaze of most telescopes.

(Black Holes Hide in Our Cosmic Backyard, NASA)

Among my boys, this summer holiday time, I see an old man making giant kites, and gazing at them in the air, with a delight for which there are no words.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

White Fang gazed at him wistfully.

(White Fang, by Jack London)