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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
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