gaze

About 11.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To stare intently or earnestly.

   They gazed at the stars for hours.

2. verb To stare at.
3. noun A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
4. noun The object gazed on.
5. noun In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
6. noun The framework in which a subject is presented, determined by the biases of the creator and/or audience.
7. noun A group of raccoons.

Similar words

stare regard glance glimpse peer admire sight sights view looking

Often followed by

of at on upon to and was from with

Word family

female gaze female gazes gazed gazer gazers gazes gazing male gaze male gazes meet her gaze