gaze

Meanings

Verb

• To stare intently or earnestly.
• To stare at.

Noun

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• gape, stare, look

Origin

• Akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 ("to terrify").