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at gaze

at gaze prepositional phrase: gazing; standing so as to stare (especially of deer); statant guardant. (Compare at bay.).

at gaze: gazing; standing so as to stare (especially of deer); statant guardant. (Compare at bay.)
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Prepositional phrase

  1. Gazing; standing so as to stare (especially of deer); statant guardant. (Compare at bay.)
    • When he wished to draw Harvey's attention to the peak-halyards, he dug his knuckles into the back of the boy's neck and kept him at gaze for half a minute.1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous
    • Lord John was standing at gaze with his finger on the trigger of his elephant-gun, his eager hunter's soul shining from his fierce eyes.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about at gaze

What does at gaze mean?
At gaze means gazing; standing so as to stare (especially of deer); statant guardant. (Compare at bay.).
What part of speech is at gaze?
At gaze is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at gaze in the dictionary

  1. at first sight
  2. at full pelt
  3. at full stretch
  4. at full throttle
  5. at full tilt
  6. at gaze
  7. at grade
  8. at grass
  9. at grips
  10. at gunpoint
  11. at half-sword

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