gaze
Meanings
Plural: gazes
Noun
- a long fixed look
- "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"
- A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- The object gazed on.
- In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
Verb
- look at with fixed eyes
- To stare intently or earnestly.
- To stare at.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic πΏππ²π°πΉππΎπ°π½ (usgaisjan, βto terrifyβ).
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 15
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