Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To stare intently or earnestly.

    They gazed at the stars for hours.

    starren

    разгля́дыватьrazgljádyvatʹ

  2. (poetic, transitive)To stare at.

    anstarren

    вглядываться вvgljadyvatʹsja v

More definitions
  • look at with fixed eyes

Examples

259 sentences
  1. She sat gazing out of the window.

    Вона сиділа виглядаючи з вікна. — ascolto

    ruОна сидела и смотрела в окно. — joulin

  2. Tom gazed at Mary.

    Том витріщився на Мері. — deniko

    ruТом не сводил глаз с Мэри. — Svetislava

  3. I stopped and gazed at them.

  4. We gazed at the beautiful scenery.

    ruМы созерцали прекрасный пейзаж. — marafon

  5. Tom gave me a penetrating gaze.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to stare intently or earnestly:
to stare at:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to stare intently or earnestly:
to stare at:

Origin

From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (u

From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”).

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Forms

gazes, gazing, gazed, gazed
Base formgaze · to gaze
3rd person singulargazes
Present participlegazing
Past simplegazed
Past participlegazed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygaze
he, she, itgazes

Past simpleLesson

all personsgazed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gazed
he, she, ithas gazed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gaze

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • look at with fixed eyes:stare

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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