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. — uaspeaker
ruНам грозил голод. — vilnat
Why are you staring at me?
Чому ти на мене витріщився? — deniko
ruЧего уставился? — omosk
deWarum starrst du mich an? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She stared at him with frightened eyes.
Вона витріщилась на нього переляканими очима. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
deSie sah ihn mit bangen Augen an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I want Tom to stop staring at me.
Я хочу, аби Том перестав витріщатися на мене. — Ahha
Do you know the man who's staring at you?
Ти знаєш чоловіка, що витріщився на тебе? — deniko
ruТы знаешь того мужика, что на тебя пялится? — sharptoothed
deKennst du den Mann, der dich da anstarrt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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