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stargaze

US/ˈstɑɹɡeɪz/

stargaze verb: to look at the stars at night.

Verb

stargaze (third-person singular simple present stargazes, present participle stargazing, simple past and past participle stargazed)

  1. 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
  2. (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

stargaze meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese

stargaze in Tamil

மீன் நோக்கு, பகற்கனவு, முகட்டுவிழி மீன்வகை

stargaze in Bengali

রাতে নক্ষত্র দেখা, আবেগের সাথে, গভীরভাবে তাকিয়ে থাকা

stargaze in Vietnamese

to look at the stars at night
xem sao

Forms of stargaze

third-person singular presentstargazes
present participlestargazing
past participlestargazed
paststargazed

Origin of stargaze

From star + gaze.

Words formed from stargaze

Questions about stargaze

What does stargaze mean?
Stargaze means to look at the stars at night.
What is stargaze in Tamil?
Stargaze in Tamil is மீன் நோக்கு, பகற்கனவு, முகட்டுவிழி மீன்வகை. See Stargaze meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stargaze?
Stargaze is a verb.
How do you pronounce stargaze?
Stargaze is pronounced /ˈstɑɹɡeɪz/ (US).
What is the past tense of stargaze?
The past tense of stargaze is stargazed.

Words near stargaze in the dictionary

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  4. stargates
  5. Stargateverse
  6. stargaze
  7. stargazed
  8. stargazer
  9. stargazers
  10. stargazes
  11. stargazey pie

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