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- Dictionarystare/stɛː/
verb
- 1. look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open: "he stared at her in amazement"
noun
- 1. a long fixed or vacant look: "she gave him a cold stare"
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STARE definition: 1. to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or…. Learn more.
The meaning of STARE is to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes. How to use stare in a sentence.
Stare definition: to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.. See examples of STARE used in a sentence.
to look directly at someone or something for a long time: [ I ] Don’t stare at people. [ M ] The fighters tried to stare each other down (= cause the other to turn away).
verb. 1. (intransitive; often foll by at) to look or gaze fixedly, often with hostility or rudeness. 2. (intransitive) (of an animal's fur, bird's feathers, etc) to stand on end because of fear, ill health, etc. 3. (intransitive) to stand out as obvious; glare. 4. See stare one in the face.
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.
Definition of stare verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. To be obvious to (one) though initially overlooked: The explanation had been staring him in the face all along. 3. To be imminent or unavoidable to (one): Bankruptcy now stares us in the face. 4.
3 days ago · stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared) ( intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something). Synonyms: see Thesaurus: stare. ( transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly. to stare a timid person into submission.
noun. /steə (r)/ /ster/ an act of looking at somebody/something for a long time, especially in a way that is unfriendly or that shows surprise. She gave him a blank stare. He fixed the interviewer with a penetrating stare. Synonyms look. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
