gaze
/ɡeɪz/ noun B2- A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
- The framework in which a subject is presented, determined by the biases of the creator and/or audience.
- A group of raccoons.
Plural gazes
From the library
The Lion at once passed through the door, and glancing around saw, to his surprise, that before the throne was a Ball of Fire, so fierce and glowing he could scarcely bear to gaze upon it.
As Danglars approached the disappointed lover, he cast on him a look of deep meaning, while Fernand, as he slowly paced behind the happy pair, who seemed, in their own unmixed content, to have entirely forgotten that such a being as himself existed, was pale and abstracted; occasionally, however, a deep flush would overspread his countenance, and a nervous contraction distort his features, while, with an agitated and restless gaze, he would glance in the direction of Marseilles, like one who either anticipated or foresaw some great and important event.
In a very few moments it was necessary for Elaine to scramble to her feet, pick up her cloth of gold coverlet and pall of blackest samite and gaze blankly at a big crack in the bottom of her barge through which the water was literally pouring.
That questioning gaze transformed itself suddenly into abrupt speech.
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