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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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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).
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.
Definition of stare verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
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. Take your English to the next level.
to look at someone or something for a long time and not move your eyes: Sean was staring at me. stare. noun [ C ] (Definition of stare from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of stare. in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指驚訝、害怕或思考時）盯著看，凝視，注視, 凝視，注視… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指惊讶、害怕或思考时）盯着看，凝视，注视, 凝视，注视…
