Stare

  • 41stare — [OE] The etymological notion underlying stare is of ‘fixity’ or ‘rigidity’. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *star , *ster ‘be rigid’, which also produced English starch [15], stark [OE], starve (originally ‘be stiff’,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42Stare — Sp Stãrė Ap Старе/Stare L ež. P, g tė Š Ukrainoje …

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  • 43Starė — Sp Stãrė Ap Старе/Stare L ež. P, g tė Š Ukrainoje …

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  • 44stare*/*/ — [steə] verb [I] to look at someone or something very directly for a long time It s rude to stare.[/ex] He lifted his head and stared at her.[/ex] stare noun [C] …

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  • 45stare — [OE] The etymological notion underlying stare is of ‘fixity’ or ‘rigidity’. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *star , *ster ‘be rigid’, which also produced English starch [15], stark [OE], starve (originally ‘be stiff’,… …

    Word origins

  • 46stare — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by at) look fixedly with eyes open, esp. as the result of curiosity, surprise, bewilderment, admiration, horror, etc. (sat staring at the door; stared in amazement). 2 intr. (of eyes) be wide open and fixed. 3 intr …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 47Stare — This unusual and interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is found particularly in the southern English counties of Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex. The surname is topographical, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century word… …

    Surnames reference

  • 48stare — I. , v. a. HD. 1037 II. ‘Aȝeyn stare,’ Pol. S. 217 , is probably ‘gain stayer,’ i. e. opponent …

    Oldest English Words

  • 49stare n — I ve only enough carpet for the hall and landing, said Tom with a blank stare …

    English expressions

  • 50stare — verb 1》 look fixedly at someone or something with the eyes wide open.     ↘(stare someone out/down) look fixedly at someone until they feel forced to look away. 2》 be unpleasantly prominent or striking. noun an act of staring. Phrases be staring… …

    English new terms dictionary