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Gaze Steadily Gazing Gazed Verb Long Time Find

word gaze
definition
verb
If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
She stood gazing at herself in the mirror.
Sitting in his wicker chair, he gazed reflectively at the fire.
noun
You can talk about someone's gaze as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it.
The Monsignor turned his gaze from the flames to meet the Colonel's.
She felt increasingly uncomfortable under the woman's steady gaze.
The interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.
inflections gazesgazinggazed
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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