Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - stare
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Stare
stare
I. verb (~d; staring) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English starian; akin to Old High German staren to ~, Greek stereos solid, Lithuanian starinti to stiffen Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes 2. to show oneself conspicuously the error ~d from the page 3. of hair to stand on end ; bristle; also to appear rough and lusterless transitive verb 1. to have an effect on by staring 2. to look at with a searching or earnest gaze • ~r noun II. noun Date: 15th century the act or an instance of staring a blank ~
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by at) look fixedly with eyes open, esp. as the result of curiosity, surprise, bewilderment, admiration, horror, etc. (sat staring at the door; stared in amazement). 2 intr. (of eyes) be wide open and fixed. 3 intr. be unpleasantly prominent or striking. 4 tr. (foll. by into) reduce (a person) to a specified condition by staring (stared me into silence). --n. a staring gaze. Phrases and idioms stare down (or out) outstare. stare a person in the face be evident or imminent. Derivatives starer n. Etymology: OE starian f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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настороженное выражение лица; пристальный взгляд; смотреть в упор (о приматах) – avert stare ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. пристальный взгляд to give smb. a stare —- уставиться на кого-л. 2. пристально смотреть, уставиться to stare into smb.'s eyes —- пристально смотреть кому-л. в глаза to stare smb. in the face —- дерзко (вызывающе) смотреть на кого-л. to stare straight before (in front of) one —- смотреть прямо перед собой to stare into vacancy —- смотреть невидящим взглядом to stare into the darkness —- вперить взор в темноту he stared the stranger up and down —- он смерил незнакомца пристальным взглядом don't stare (at me)! —- не пяль (на меня) глаза! 3. взглядом привести в какое-л. состояние to stare smb. into confusion (out of countenance) —- смутить кого-л. пристальным взглядом to stare snb. dump (into silence) —- пристальным взглядом заставить кого-л. замолчать 4. смотреть в изумлении to make people stare —- поражать (изумлять) всех 5. бросаться в глаза to stare in the face —- быть очевидным (явным) her lie stared him in the face —- ее ложь была для него очевидна 6. угрожать, грозить, надвигаться ruin stares him in the face —- ему грозит разорение the error stared from the page —- ошибка бросалась в глаза 7. зиять rows of empty windows stared from the house —- дом зиял рядами пустых окон 8. выступать, проступать the white benches stared against the green of the grass —- на зеленой траве выделялись белые пятна скамеек 9. вставать дыбом (о шерсти, волосах) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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down смутить взглядом; Children enjoy a silly competition in which they try to stare each other down. STARE 1. noun изумленный или пристальный взгляд 2. v. 1) смотреть пристально; глазеть; таращить или пялить глаза (at, upon - на); to stare smb. out of countenance - смутить кого-л. пристальным взглядом; to stare straight before one - смотреть в одну точку; to stare with astonishment - широко открыть глаза от удивления; to make people stare - удивлять, поражать людей 2) торчать (о волосах и т.п.) - stare down to stare smb. in the face - а) угрожать, надвигаться; б) быть явным, очевидным; в): the book I was looking for was staring me in the face книга, которую я искал, лежала передо мной Syn: see look ...Англо-русский словарь
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(stares, staring, stared) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you stare at someone or something, you look at them for a long time. Tamara stared at him in disbelief, shaking her head... Mahoney tried not to stare. VERB: V prep/adv, V • Stare is also a noun. Hlasek gave him a long, cold stare. N-COUNT 2. If a situation or the answer to a problem is staring you in the face, it is very obvious, although you may not be immediately aware of it. (INFORMAL) Then the answer hit me. It had been staring me in the face ever since Lullington. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v 1 to look at something or someone for a long time without moving your eyes + ou (Stop staring out of the window and do some work!) + a (What are you staring at?) stare into space (=look for a long time at nothing) (- see gaze1) 2 be staring sb in the face a) informal to be very clear and easy to see; be obvious (The solution is staring you in the face.) b) to seem impossible to avoid (Defeat was staring us in the face.) (- see also stark staring mad stark2 (2)) stare sb out BrE stare sb down AmE phr v to look at someone for so long that they start to feel uncomfortable and look away ~2 n a long steady look or a way of staring (a disapproving stare | She ignored the stares of everyone around her. | hold sb's stare (=not look away when someone is staring at you)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. starian, from P.Gmc. *star- "be rigid." STARK - O.E. stearc "stiff, strong" (related to starian "to stare"), from P.Gmc. *starkaz. Meaning "utter, sheer, complete" first recorded 14c., that of "bare, barren" is from 1833. Stark naked (1530) is from M.E. start naked (13c.), from O.E. steort "tail, rump." Hence Brit. slang starkers "naked" (1923). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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