gaze
A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attentionA fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
» She sat gazing out of the window.
Она сидела и смотрела в окно. — joulin
Вона сиділа виглядаючи з вікна. — ascolto
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesA fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
при́стальный взгля́дprístalʹnyj vzgljád
a long fixed look
In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
(in compounds, usually)The framework in which a subject is presented, determined by the biases of the creator and/or audience.
(collective)A group of raccoons.
(archaic)The object gazed on.
Examples
259 sentencesShe sat gazing out of the window.
Вона сиділа виглядаючи з вікна. — ascolto
ruОна сидела и смотрела в окно. — joulin
Tom gazed at Mary.
Том витріщився на Мері. — deniko
ruТом не сводил глаз с Мэри. — Svetislava
I stopped and gazed at them.
We gazed at the beautiful scenery.
ruМы созерцали прекрасный пейзаж. — marafon
Tom gave me a penetrating gaze.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uFrom Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”).
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