gaze

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To stare intently or earnestly.
2. To stare at.

Noun

1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
2. The object gazed on.
3. In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡeɪz/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”).