Definition of Stare

1. Noun. A fixed look with eyes open wide.

Generic synonyms: Look, Looking, Looking At
Specialized synonyms: Gaze, Regard, Glare, Glower, Contemplation, Gape

2. Verb. Look at with fixed eyes. "They stare up the hill"; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"
Exact synonyms: Gaze
Generic synonyms: Look
Specialized synonyms: Outface, Outstare, Stare Down, Stargaze
Derivative terms: Gaze, Starer

3. Verb. Fixate one's eyes. "They stare up the hill"; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"
Specialized synonyms: Glare, Glower
Generic synonyms: Look
Derivative terms: Starer

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

starchitectures
starchless
starchlike
starchly
starchness
starchwort
starchy
starcraft
starcrossed
stardate
stardates
stardom
stardoms
stardust
stardusts
stare (current term)
stare daggers
stare decisis
stare down
stare someone in the face
stareater
stared
stared down
staredown
staredowns
staree
starees
starer
starers
stares

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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