- a long, steady look at somebody/something
- He met her gaze (= looked at her while she looked at him).
- She dropped her gaze (= stopped looking).
- In his last years, he lived almost entirely secluded from the public gaze (= away from public attention).
Synonyms looklookglance ▪ gaze ▪ stare ▪ glimpse ▪ glareThese are all words for an act of looking, when you turn your eyes in a particular direction.look an act of looking at somebody/something:- Here, have a look at this.
- She stole a glance at her watch.
- She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.
- She gave the officer a blank stare and shrugged her shoulders.
- He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd.
- She fixed her questioner with a hostile glare.
- a look/glance at somebody/something
- a penetrating/piercing look/glance/gaze/stare
- a long look/glance/stare
- a brief look/glance/glimpse
- to have/get/take a look/glance/glimpse
- to avoid somebody’s glance/gaze/stare
Extra Examples- He blushed under her angry gaze.
- He turned his gaze on me.
- Her gaze fell on Kate's tousled hair.
- Her gaze followed Simon's through the archway.
- His gaze flickered an instant.
- I followed her gaze and spotted a new arrival at the far side of the room.
- Rebecca's gaze rested on the child thoughtfully.
- She avoided his gaze.
- They fixed their gaze on the dark line of the coast ahead.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- direct
- fixed
- level
- …
- direct
- fix (somebody with)
- focus
- …
- drift
- flick
- flicker
- …
- under somebody’s gaze
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps related to obsolete gaw ‘to gaze’, from Old Norse gá ‘heed’.
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