In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
stares
plural of stare
stares
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stare
• Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, assert, asters, reasts, setars, stears, tarses, tasers
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
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.