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   stare

   /stɛː/

   verb

   • 1. look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open: "he stared at her in amazement"
   • ▪ (of a person's eyes) be wide open, with a fixed or vacant expression: "her grey eyes stared back at him"
   • ▪ be unpleasantly prominent or striking: "the obituaries stared out at us"

   noun

   • 1. a long fixed or vacant look: "she gave him a cold stare"

   Word Origin Old Englishstarian, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be rigid’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. starer noun

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   What does Stare mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! STARE definition: 1. to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean to stare at someone?

   • The verb to stare is the act of staring, of locking one's eyes somewhere. When one stares at something, one looks at it for a long period of time, often with great intensity and without blinking. That's why one loses a staring contest when one blinks. Try not to stare at people when they're eating. It's rude!

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   What does staring mean?

   • , stared, star·ing. to stare a person up and down. They all laughed at me and stared me into silence. The banker greeted him with a glassy stare. A nonsmoker at the next table tried to stare me down. dialect. The company is staring bankruptcy in the face.

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   Is Stare a noun or a verb?

   • The noun stare is a certain kind of gaze — a long, intense one. The verb to stare is the act of staring, of locking one's eyes somewhere. When one stares at something, one looks at it for a long period of time, often with great intensity and without blinking. That's why one loses a staring contest when one blinks.

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     to look directly at someone or something for a long time: [...

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   1. : to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes. 2. : to show oneself conspicuously. the error stared from the page. 3. of hair : to stand on end : bristle. also : to appear rough and lusterless. transitive verb. 1. : to have an effect on by staring. 2. : to look at with a searching or earnest gaze. starer noun. 2 of 2. noun.

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   The noun stare is a certain kind of gaze — a long, intense one. The verb to stare is the act of staring, of locking one's eyes somewhere. When one stares at something, one looks at it for a long period of time, often with great intensity and without blinking.

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   to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open. to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous: The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative gallery. to be patently or compellingly obvious: The stark, staring fact is, you can't do something with nothing.

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   1. To stare at (a person or animal) until that person or animal blinks or turns away. 2. To confront boldly or overcome by direct action: stared down his opponents. Idiom: stare in the face. 1. To be plainly visible or obvious to (one); force itself on (one's) attention: The money on the table was staring her in the face. 2.