stare
About 5.21 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To look fixedly (at something).
She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.
- verb To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
to stare a timid person into submission
- verb To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
staring windows or colours
- verb To stand out; to project; to bristle.
- noun A persistent gaze.
the stares of astonished passers-by
- noun A starling. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Similar words
gaze ogle gape glance eyeball fix regard set surround old
Often followed by
at decisis of and into out in down with
Word family
stared starer starers stares staring
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