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verb

Stare v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at. "I will stare him out of his wits."

To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. "The law... stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it."

stare v. i. (past & past part. stared; pres. part. staring)

To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. "For ever upon the ground I see thee stare." "Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret."

To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

To stand out; to project; to bristle. (Obs.) "Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare." "Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive."

Synonyms: To gaze; to look earnestly. See Gaze.

noun

Stare n. (Zool.) The starling. (Obs.)

Stare n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare."

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Etymology of 'Stare'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stare" Quotes from Famous Books

... a Boer town most of the piety is knocked out of a man. You stare at the houses, and they stare back at you dumbly. There is nothing pretentious or rakish about any of them; no matter how riotous a man's imagination might be, he could never conjure up a "wink" from a Boer house, though I have seen houses in other ...

— Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) - Letters from the Front • A. G. Hales

... the people: "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this? Or why do you stare at us as though we had made him walk by some power or goodness of our own? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has honored Jesus his servant, whom you delivered up and denied before Pilate when he had decided to let him go. But you ...

— The Children's Bible • Henry A. Sherman

... had us in charge, led us across the square, amid the shouts and jeers of the people. Even the blacks, the half-castes, and the Indians, came to stare at us with stupid wonder, calling us rebels, traitors, and robbers. The unfortunate Indians who had been made prisoners, went before us. The massive gates of the prison were thrown open, and they were forced ...

— Manco, the Peruvian Chief - An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas • W.H.G. Kingston

... wouldn't matter if you could only get a good hit at it all. It's all one to me now that mother's dead. There's a child crying, but it's not for me. There isn't a soul that would shed a tear if I had to lay my head on the block. They'd come and stare, that's what they'd do—and I should ...

— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... Mr. Wright has recorded in his travel diary, under date of May 5, 1936. "Very fascinating are these clusters of thatched mud huts, decorated with one of the names of God on the door; many small, naked children innocently playing about, pausing to stare or run wildly from this big, black, bullockless carriage tearing madly through their village. The women merely peep from the shadows, while the men lazily loll beneath the trees along the roadside, curious ...

— Autobiography of a YOGI • Paramhansa Yogananda

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