stared

Variant of stare

stare definition

stare (ster)

intransitive verb stared, staring star′·ing

  1. to gaze or look steadily with eyes wide open, as in fear, admiration, wonder, incomprehension, etc.
  2. Now Rare
    1. to stand out conspicuously staring bones
    2. to stand on end, as hair

Etymology: ME staren < OE starian, akin to ON stara < Gmc *stara-, having fixed eyes, rigid < IE base *(s)ter-, rigid, stiff > stark, Gr strēnēs, hard

transitive verb

  1. to look fixedly at to stare a person up and down
  2. to affect in a given way by staring to stare someone into confusion

noun

the act of staring; steady or vacant look or gaze

Related Forms:

stare Idioms

stare down

to stare back at (another) until the gaze of the one stared at is turned away

stare someone in the face

  1. to look at someone steadily and intently
  2. to be imminent, pressing, or inescapable

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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