stargaze en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɑɹɡeɪz/ (General-American)
Etymology
From star + gaze.
Meanings
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To look at the stars at night.
It was a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in.
"That's right," declared Browning's companion. "I was out stargazing last night. Looked at the Long-Handled Dipper a long time, and it gave me an awful thirst. I've had it with me all day. Yes, mine's ale."
1903, Burt L. Standish [pseudonym; Gilbert Patten], Frank Merriwell at Yale:
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(figuratively) To gaze engrossed with emotion or contemplatively.
Before books came into my life, I was given to stargazing and daydreaming. When books were given me, I fell upon them as a glutton pounces on his meat after a period of enforced starvation.
1912, Mary Antin, The Promised Land:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stargazed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stargazed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| stargazes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| stargazing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (5)
cmn 觀星 /观星 (to look at the stars at night) · it guardare le stelle (to look at the stars at night) · ru смотре́ть на звёзды (to look at the stars at night) · yo wòràwọ̀ (to look at the stars at night) · vi xem sao (to look at the stars at night)