gaze

🇺🇸 /ɡeɪz/ 🇬🇧 /ɡeɪz/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
verb
C1

to look at someone or something for a long time without looking away

She would gaze out the window for hours, lost in thought.

noun
C1

a long, steady look at someone or something

The child's gaze was fixed on the colorful butterfly.

translation

v. to look at someone or something for a long time without looking away
n. a long, steady look at someone or something

Word Forms

3rd Present gazes
Progressive gazing
Past gazed
Perfect gazed
Plural gazes