Stāre1, n.
(4), n. [A-S. stær, stearn, O. H. Ger. stara, staro, starn, N. H. Ger. staar or stahr, Prov. Ger. staren, starn, storn, Dan. stār, Sw. stare, Lat. sturnus.] (Ornith.) A bird; the starling. [Obs.]
4 entries under this word
Stare
Stāre2, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. STARED; p. pr. & vb. n. STARING.] [A-S. starian, L. Ger. & D. staren, O. H. Ger. staren, N. H. Ger. starren, Icel. stara, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra.]
Sense 1. To look with fixed eyes wide open; to fasten an earnest look on some object.
Look not big, nor stare, nor fret. Shak.
☞ Staring is produced by wonder, surprise, stupidity, horror, fright, sometimes by eagerness to hear or learn something, and sometimes by impudence.
Sense 2. To stand out; to be prominent. [Obs.]
Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. Mortimer.
Synonyms—To gaze; to look earnestly. See GAZE.
Stāre3, v. t.
v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
I will stare him out of his wits. Shak.
To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or undeniably evident. “The law stares them in the face while they are breaking it.” Locke.
Stāre4, n.
n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.