stare
Meaning
Synonyms
stare at
look fixedly
look straight at
look closely
visual search
look often
look intently
look at stedfastly
look stedfastly
look sharply
concentraded
look askance
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stɛɚ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-. Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.
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