Stare
31stare — [c]/stɛə / (say stair) verb (stared, staring) –verb (i) 1. to gaze fixedly, especially with the eyes wide open. 2. to stand out boldly or obtrusively to view. 3. (of hair, feathers, etc.) to stand on end; bristle. –verb (t) 4. to stare at. 5. to… …
32stare — 01. The man [stared] at the woman until she turned away in embarrassment. 02. The unhappy student [stared] at the test; he had studied the wrong material. 03. Their teenage daughter is always afraid that people are [staring] at her, and laughing… …
33stare — 1 verb (I) 1 to look at something or someone for a long time without moving your eyes (+ out): Stop staring out of the window and do some work! (+ at): What are you staring at? | stare into space (=look for a long time at nothing) see gaze 1 2 be …
34stare — [[t]stɛər[/t]] v. stared, star•ing, n. 1) to gaze fixedly and intently, esp. with the eyes wide open 2) to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous 3) (of hair, feathers, etc.) to stand on end; bristle 4) to stare at: to stare a person up and… …
35stare — Starling Star ling ( l[i^]ng), n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[ae]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[ae]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any passerine bird …
36stare — Synonyms and related words: be amazed, be astonished, be curious, bedroom eyes, bore, burn with curiosity, come hither look, crane, crane the neck, dig around for, dig up, evil eye, eye, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open mouthed, glad eye, glare …
37stare — {{11}}stare (n.) starling, from O.E. (see STARLING (Cf. starling)). {{12}}stare (v.) O.E. starian to look fixedly at, from P.Gmc. *star be rigid (Cf. O.N. stara, M.L.G., M.Du. staren, O.H.G. staren, Ger. starren to stare at; …
38stare — I. verb (stared; staring) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English starian; akin to Old High German starēn to stare, Greek stereos solid, Lithuanian starinti to stiffen Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to look fixedly often with… …
39stare at — phr verb Stare at is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye Stare at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑reflection, ↑scene, ↑screen, ↑wall …
40stare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. gaze, gape, gawk; stand out. See vision, curiosity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gaze, gawk, look fixedly; see look 2 , watch 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. gaze, gawking, ogling, eyeballing,… …
