Stargaze
//ˈstɑɹɡeɪz// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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."
- 2 have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy wordnet
- 3 To gaze engrossed with emotion or contemplatively. figuratively
"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."
- 4 observe the stars wordnet
Example
More examples"It was a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in."
Etymology
From star + gaze.
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