stare

//stɛr//
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Verb

stareInfinitive
starePresent tense
staredPast tense
staredPast participle
staringPresent participle
staresThird-person singular
1

To look fixedly or intently at someone or something with one's eyes wide open, often for a long time.

The child stared at the colorful balloons in the sky.

2

To be very obvious or conspicuous; to be glaringly apparent.

The answer was staring me in the face the whole time.

Noun

1

A long fixed or intent look with the eyes wide open.

She gave him a cold stare.