0 past simple and past participle of gaze
1 to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else:
She gazed in admiration at his broad, muscular shoulders.
She was gazing out the window, rocking rhythmically to and fro.
The women sitting opposite us were gazing admiringly at baby Joe.
The children gazed at their communication partners only at the ends of their utterances, when they looked at them at all.
She gazed up at him seriously, then leaned her puckered forehead on her hand and began to read.
Addressees gazed immediately at the object when either speaker used the old term.