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Definition of Stare
1. Verb. Look at with fixed eyes. "They stare up the hill"; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"
Generic synonyms: Look
Specialized synonyms: Outface, Outstare, Stare Down, Stargaze
Derivative terms: Gaze, Starer
2. Noun. A fixed look with eyes open wide.
Specialized synonyms: Gaze, Regard, Glare, Glower, Contemplation, Gape
3. Verb. Fixate one's eyes. "They stare up the hill"; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"
Definition of Stare
1. n. The starling.
2. v. i. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.
3. v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
4. n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.
Definition of Stare
1. Verb. (intransitive construed with '''at''') To look fixedly (at something). ¹
2. Noun. A persistent gaze. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stare
1. to gaze fixedly [v STARED, STARING, STARES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stare
Literary usage of Stare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jane Austen's Works by Jane Austen, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1882)
"Selina would stare when she heard of it" But, in spite of these deficiencies,
the wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions of the small band of ..."
2. The Power to Regulate Corporations and Commerce: A Discussion of the by Frank Hendrick (1906)
"RES ADJUDICATA AND stare DECISIS AS A BASIS OF UNIFORMITY. — The admitted rules
for the development of the common law demand not only a uniform or common ..."
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