(~s, gazing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else.
She stood gazing at herself in the mirror...
Sitting in his wicker chair, he ~d reflectively at the fire...
VERB: V at n, V at n
2.
You can talk about someone’s ~ as a way of describing how they are looking at something, especially when they are looking steadily at it. (WRITTEN)
She felt increasingly uncomfortable under the woman’s steady ~...
The interior was shielded from the curious ~ of passersby.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss
3.
If someone or something is in the public ~, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
You won’t find a couple more in the public ~ than Michael and Lizzie.
PHRASE: oft v-link PHR