Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To look fixedly (at something).
She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.
starren, anstarren, beschnarchen
при́стально смотре́тьprístalʹno smotrétʹ, глазе́тьglazétʹ, тара́щитьсяtaráščitʹsja
вдивля́тисяvdyvljátysja, ви́тріщитисяvýtriščytysja
look at with fixed eyes
(transitive)To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
to stare a timid person into submission
(intransitive)To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
staring windows or colours
(intransitive, obsolete)To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Examples
1386 sentencesFamine stared us in the face.
Нам загрожував голод.
ruНам грозил голод.
Why are you staring at me?
Чому ти на мене витріщився?
ruЧего уставился?
deWarum starrst du mich an?
She stared at him with frightened eyes.
Вона витріщилась на нього переляканими очима.
deSie sah ihn mit bangen Augen an.
I want Tom to stop staring at me.
Я хочу, аби Том перестав витріщатися на мене.
Do you know the man who's staring at you?
Ти знаєш чоловіка, що витріщився на тебе?
ruТы знаешь того мужика, что на тебя пялится?
deKennst du den Mann, der dich da anstarrt?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West GermaniFrom 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-.
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Forms
stares, staring, stared, staredPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- was staring at
- stared at the
- stared at each
- stop staring at
- everyone staring at
- and stared at
- just stared at
- staring out the
- still staring at
- stared blankly
- stared blankly at
- people staring at