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gaze

1. gaze \'ga-z\ vi [ME gazen] : to fix the eyes in a steady and intent look 
   and often with eagerness or  studious attentionAT mean to look (at) long 
   and attentively. GAZE implies fixed and prolonged attention (as in wonder, 
   admiration or abstractedness); GAPE suggests an openmouthed often stupid 
   wonder; STARE implies a direct open-eyed gazing denoting curiosity, 
   disbelief, insolence; GLARE is a fierce or angry staring; PEER suggests a 
   looking narrowly and curiously as if through a small opening; GLOAT implies 
   a prolonged gazing expressing undue or malignant satisfaction - gaz.er n 
   SYN syn GAZE, GAPE, STARE, GLARE, PEER, GLO 
2. gaze n : a fixed intent look