stare

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɛəɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɛə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophone: stair

From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *strē- (“strong, steady”). Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), Norwegian stare (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

1. (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare

   • 1749, [John Cleland], Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:

     Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had

   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., 55 Fifth Avenue, [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016:

     A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

2. (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.

   to stare a timid person into submission

3. (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

   staring windows or colours

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
   • William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)

     Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare.

   • John Mortimer (1656?-1736)

     Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive.

• gaze, to stare intently or earnestly
• ogle, to stare covetously or amorously

• stare someone in the face
• upstaring

stare (plural stares)

1. A persistent gaze.

   the stares of astonished passers-by

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”).

stare (plural stares)

1. (now archaic) A starling. [from 9th c.]
   • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:

     The Stares be bigger than thoſe in England, as blacke as Crowes, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others […].

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras

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stare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staren

• Aster

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.re/, [ˈstaː.re]

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• Rhymes: -are

stare

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain

   stare attenti (a) ― to pay attention (to)

   Starà a casa. ― He/she will stay at home.

2. (intransitive, followed by a) to keep, stick
3. (intransitive, followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)

   Sto andando via. ― I am leaving.

4. (intransitive, followed by a) to be up to

   Sta a te decidere. ― It's up to you to decide.

5. (intransitive, followed by per) to be about to

   Sto per andare via. ― I am about to leave.

6. (intransitive, mathematics) to be to

   4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. ― 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.

7. (intransitive, regional) to live

   Mia sorella sta a Roma. ― My sister lives in Rome.

8. to be in a certain condition

   come stai?

   how are you?

   stare a dieta significa ridurre le calorie di ingresso e aumentarne il consumo con il movimento

   being on a diet entails reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned through exercise

• (to stay): essere, restare, rimanere
• (to remain): restare, rimanere
• (to be): essere
• (to live): vivere, abitare
• (to keep, etc.): attenersi (a)
• (to be up to): toccare (a), spettare (a)

• resta, sarte, tersa

stāre

1. present active infinitive of stō

• IPA^(key): /ˈstarɛ/, [ˈstarə]

stare

1. inflection of stary:
   1. nominative and accusative neuter singular
   2. nominative and accusative plural

• star

From Old Norse stari.

• IPA^(key): /²stɑːrə/

stare m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

1. a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)

• stær (Bokmål)

• “stare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.rɛ/

stare

1. inflection of stary:
   1. neuter nominative singular
   2. neuter accusative singular
   3. neuter vocative singular
   4. nonvirile nominative plural
   5. nonvirile accusative plural
   6. nonvirile vocative plural

From the verb sta.

• Rhymes: -are

stare f (plural stări)

1. status, standing, situation, position, condition

• în stare

• stat

stare c

1. starling (a bird)

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stare

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain
2. (intransitive) to be

• Full conjugation needed.
• Present tense:- stoche, sté or stéje, sté or stéje, stáme, státe, stonne