STARE

stare

(noun) a fixed look with eyes open wide

stare

(verb) fixate one’s eyes; “The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly”

gaze, stare

(verb) look at with fixed eyes; “The students stared at the teacher with amazement”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

(intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).

Synonym: Thesaurus:stare

(transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.

(intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

(intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.

Troponyms

• gaze, to stare intently or earnestly

• ogle, to stare covetously or amorously

Noun

stare (plural stares)

A persistent gaze.

Etymology 2

Noun

stare (plural stares)

(now, archaic) A starling. [from 9th c.]

Anagrams

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras

Source: Wiktionary

Stare, n. Etym: [AS. stær. See Starling.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The starling. [Obs.]

Stare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. stared; p. pr. & vb. n. staring.] Etym: [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. staren, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. *166. Cf. Sterile.]

1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. Chaucer. Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. Shak.

2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. Mortimer.

Syn.

– To gaze; to look earnestly. See Gaze.

Stare, v. t.

Definition: To look earnestly at; to gaze at. I will stare him out of his wits. Shak. To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. "The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it." Locke.

Stare, n.

Definition: The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." Churchill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition