stare

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To look at someone or something for a long time with your eyes wide open.

   The children stared at the magician in amazement.

2. 2
   noun

   A long, fixed look with the eyes wide open.

   She gave him an icy stare.

From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”). Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).

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