stargaze

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stargaze

  • /ˈstɑɹɡeɪz/ US

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From star + gaze.

verb stargazes · stargazing · 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.
  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.

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verb to look at the stars at night

中文觀星 /观星 guānxīng
Italianoguardare le stelle
Русскийсмотре́ть на звёзды smotrétʹ na zvjózdy
Tiếng Việtxem sao

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@misc{stargaze_2026,
  title = {stargaze},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stargaze},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}