gazing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/

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Verb

gazing

1. present participle and gerund of gaze

Noun

gazing (plural gazings)

1. The act by which somebody gazes.
   • 1836, Francis Egerton Earl of Ellesmere, Town and Country, page 6:

     There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.

   • 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:

     To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.

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