Definitions for stare

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stare stare

Spelling: [stair]

IPA: /stɛər/

Stare is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in stare (aerst).

Definitions for stare

noun

1. a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:

Idioms

1. stare one in the face, to be urgent or impending; confront:

Verb phrases

1. stare down, to cause to become uncomfortable by gazing steadily at one; overcome by staring:

verb (used with object)

1. to stare at:
2. to effect or have a certain effect on by staring:

verb (used without object)

1. to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
2. to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous:
3. (of hair, feathers, etc.) to stand on end; bristle.

Origin of stare

before 900; Middle English staren, Old English starian; cognate with Dutch staren, German starren, Old Norse stara; akin to stark, starve

Examples for stare

The teen refused to drop his knife, according to officers, fixed them with “a 100-yard stare,” and walked toward them.

We stare in the mirror, we compare ourselves with digitally enhanced images of perfect women, and feel all wrong.

Why does he fling himself from his horse and stare so strangely about him?

She turned to stare at the Inspector with eyes that were very clear and very hard.

Strong, young, crisply uniformed, he or she would shake, sigh, stare blankly, or cry, recounting variations of this statement.

Simba continued to stare, and Kingozi had lifted his prism glasses.

Over green tea, Than Gyi told us about her village, interrupting herself frequently to stare at us and laugh.

Kingozi, nursing the bowl of his pipe, continued to stare up at him.

I thought he must be crazed by over-study, and I could only sit and stare at him, open-mouthed.

Then he's quiet, while I, nonplussed, just stare until he adds, “The camera must never move.”