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Spell Bee Word: Gaze


What does gaze mean?

Word: Gaze

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Gaze means to look at something steadily for a long time, often because you are interested or lost in thought.

Synonyms: look, gape

Antonyms: glance

How do you spell gaze?

Syllables: gaze

Tricky part: Gaze has a z, not an s, and ends with a silent e that makes the a say its name.

Watch out for: gaiz, gayze, gase

Memory tip: A gaze is a long, lazy look, and gaze and lazy both buzz with the same z.

Gaze in a sentence

Example 1: Anna gazed out of the train window at the green fields.

Example 2: The baby gazed at the colourful toy above her cot.

Example 3: We lay on the roof and gazed at the stars.

Fun Fact

Gaze and graze differ by just one letter, the r, but you gaze with your eyes while cows graze with their mouths.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

gaze

a) stare
b) peep
c) blink
d) squint

Show answer

a) stare. A gaze and a stare both hold the eyes still for a long time; a peep is over in a moment.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

egaz

a) maze
b) gauze
c) gaze
d) glaze

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c) gaze. Gauze needs a u, glaze an l, and maze an m; g, a, z and e make only gaze.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) glanse
b) gaze
c) wach
d) obsurve

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b) gaze. Glance, observe and watch are the right spellings.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa likes to gaze at the sunsett over the paddy fields.

a) gaze
b) Grandpa
c) sunsett
d) fields

Show answer

c) sunsett. Sunset is sun and set joined, with one t at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A stargazer is someone who ____.

a) names new films
b) draws stars on paper
c) watches the night sky
d) sells telescopes

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c) watches the night sky

2. The tired boy gazed at the rain for an hour. What was he doing?

a) trying to catch it in a cup
b) taking one quick look at it
c) listening to it on the roof
d) watching it without looking away

Show answer

d) watching it without looking away

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with g: glisten, graceful, guard, gherkin, gossip, germinate

More words from this list

jealousy, noble, radiation, specific, unless, appreciate, combustion, disobey

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