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    Stare
    /ster/

    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"
  2. The meaning of STARE is to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes. How to use stare in a sentence.

  3. to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open. to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous: The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative gallery. to be patently or compellingly obvious: The stark, staring fact is, you can't do something with nothing.

  4. STARE definition: 1. to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or…. Learn more.

  5. 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. That's why one loses a staring contest when one blinks. Try not to stare at people when they're eating.

  6. to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or thinking: stare at Don't stare at people like that - it's rude. Chuck sat quietly for hours staring into the distance, thinking of what might have been.

  7. 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.

  8. 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. noun.

  9. Definitions of 'stare'. 1. If you stare at someone or something, you look at them for a long time. [...] 2. See stare sb in the face [...] More.

  10. be staring something in the face. to be unable to avoid something. They were staring defeat in the face. Definition of stare verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. Sep 7, 2024 · 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).

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