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gazing
(encz) | gazing,zírající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Gazing
(gcide) | Gaze \Gaze\ (g[=a]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gazed (g[=a]zd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gazing.] [OE. gasen, akin to dial. Sw. gasa,
cf. Goth. us-gaisjan to terrify, us-geisnan to be terrified.
Cf. Aghast, Ghastly, Ghost, Hesitate.]
To fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with
eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or
with studious attention.
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Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? --Acts i. 11.
Syn: To gape; stare; look.
Usage: To Gaze, Gape, Stare. To gaze is to look with
fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited
interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look
fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant
wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of
insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with
delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic
gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large
city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant
look.
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crystal gazing
(encz) | crystal gazing, n: |
gazing
(encz) | gazing,zírající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
navel-gazing
(encz) | navel-gazing, |
stargazing
(encz) | stargazing,hvězdářství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gazingstock
(gcide) | Gazingstock \Gaz"ing*stock`\, n.
A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an
object of curiosity or contempt. --Bp. Hall.
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Glass-gazing
(gcide) | Glass-gazing \Glass"-gaz`ing\, a.
Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.
[Poetic] --Shak.
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Stargazing
(gcide) | Stargazing \Star"gaz`ing\, n.
1. The act or practice of observing the stars with attention;
contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or
astronomy. --Swift.
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2. Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.
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crystal gazing
(wn) | crystal gazing
n 1: staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or
distant events |
navel-gazing
(wn) | navel-gazing
n 1: literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an
idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption [syn:
omphaloskepsis, navel-gazing] |
stargazing
(wn) | stargazing
n 1: observation of the stars |
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