(~s, admiring, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
He ~d the way she had coped with life...
All those who knew him will ~ him for his work.
VERB: V n, V n for n/-ing
2.
If you ~ someone or something, you look at them with pleasure.
We took time to stop and ~ the view.
VERB: V n
3.
see also admiring