Definition of 'stare'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense stares
, present participle staring
, past tense, past participle stared
1. verb
If you stare at someone or something, you look at them for a long time.
2.
Phrasal verbs:
See stare out
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stare in British English 1
noun
5.
the act or an instance of staring
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Derived forms
starer (ˈstarer) noun
Word origin
Old English starian; related to Old Norse stara, Old High German starēn to stare, Greek stereos stiff, Latin consternāre to confuse
stare in British English 2
noun
dialect
a starling
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Word origin
Old English stærstare in American English
verb intransitiveWord forms: stared or ˈstaring
1.
verb transitive
3.
to look fixedly at
to stare a person up and down
Idioms:
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Derived forms
starer (ˈstarer)
noun
Word origin
ME staren < OE starian, akin to ON stara < Gmc *stara-, having fixed eyes, rigid < IE base *(s)ter-, rigid, stiff > stark, Gr strēnēs, hard
stare in American English
(stɛər) (verb stared, staring)
intransitive verb
1.
to gaze fixedly and intently, esp. with the eyes wide open
2.
to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous
The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative gallery
transitive verb
4.
to stare at
to stare a person up and down
6. See stare down
7. See stare one in the face
noun
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Derived forms
starer noun
staringly
adverb
Word origin
[bef. 900; ME staren, OE starian; c. D staren, G starren, ON stara; akin to stark, starve]Examples of 'stare' in a sentence
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British English: stare
/stɛə/ VERB
If you stare at someone or something, you look at them for a long time.
She stared at him in disbelief, shaking her head.
- American English: stare /ˈstɛər/
- Arabic: يُحَمْلِقُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: olhar fixamente
- Chinese: 盯着看
- Croatian: zuriti
- Czech: zírat
- Danish: stirre
- Dutch: staren
- European Spanish: quedarse mirando
- Finnish: tuijottaa
- French: fixer regarder
- German: starren
- Greek: κοιτάζω επίμονα
- Italian: fissare
- Japanese: じっと見つめる
- Korean: 응시하다
- Norwegian: stirre
- Polish: gapić się
- European Portuguese: olhar fixamente
- Romanian: a privi
- Russian: пристально глядеть
- Latin American Spanish: quedarse mirando
- Swedish: stirra
- Thai: จ้อง
- Turkish: gözünü dikip bakmak
- Ukrainian: пильно дивитися
- Vietnamese: nhìn chằm chằm
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