FromMiddle English staren Old English starian ( “ to stare ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *starēn Proto-Germanic *starjaną *starāną ( “ to be fixed, be rigid ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ster-
Cognate withDutch staren ( “ to stare ” ) ,German starren ( “ to stare ” ) ,German starr ( “ stiff ” ) . More atstart
stare (third-person singular simple present stares present participle staring simple past and past participle stared
( intransitive , followed by "at") look fixedly (at something).Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare 1749 John Cleland ], “(Please specify the letter or volume) ”, inMemoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill [ … ] [ Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e. , Fenton andRalph Griffiths ] [ … ] →OCLC 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, Istar'd at with all the eyes I had
1913 Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes , chapter I, inThe Lodger Methuen ,→OCLC Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened , New York, N.Y.:Longmans, Green and Co. , [ … ] [ 1933] →OCLC page0016 :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.
( transitive ) influence in some way by looking fixedly.tostare a timid person into submission ( intransitive ) staring windows or colours
( intransitive , obsolete ) 1599 (first performance),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London:[ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene iii] :Makest my blood cold, and my hair tostare .
1707 John Mortimer ,The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land :Take off all thestaring straws, twigs and jags in the hive.
gaze , to stare intently or earnestlyogle , to stare covetously or amorouslyto look fixedly
Afrikaans:aangaap Arabic:حَدَّقَ ( ḥaddaqa ) Bulgarian:гледам втренчено ( gledam vtrenčeno ) Catalan:mirar fixament Chickasaw:okaapisa Chinese:Cantonese:望 ( mong6 ) ,望 住 ( mong6 zyu6 ) Mandarin:凝視 / 凝视 (zh) ( níngshì ) ,瞪眼 (zh) ( dèngyǎn ) ,( informal ) 盯 著 / 盯 着 ( dīng zhe ) Czech:zírat (cs) Danish:glo stirre Dutch:staren (nl) Esperanto:gapi (eo) ,algapi fikse rigardi Finnish:tuijottaa (fi) ,( in an indifferent manner ) tuijotella (fi) French:fixer (fr) ,mirer (fr) ( literary or dated ) Galician:fitar (gl) Georgian:მიშტერება ( mišṭereba ) ,ცქერა ( ckera ) ,მიჩერება ( mičereba ) German:starren (de) ,anstarren (de) ,beschnarchen (de) Greek:Ancient:ἀτενίζω ( atenízō ) Hebrew:בָּהָה (he) Hungarian:bámul (hu) Icelandic:stara (is) ,glápa Italian:fissare (it) Japanese:見詰める (ja) ( みつめる, mitsumeru ) ,じろじろ 見る ( jirojiro-miru ) Kabuverdianu:ragala Latin:conspicio Malayalam:കണ്ണുരുട്ടുക ( kaṇṇuruṭṭuka ) ( to stare threateningly ) Maori:pao ( vacantly ) ,titiro whakatau ngangahu titiro mākutu whetē tūnaua whākanakana whētētē matatau putē Mari:Eastern Mari:авалташ ( avaltaš ) Northern Sami:gaifát Norwegian:Bokmål:stirre (no) ,glo (no) ,glane (no) Nynorsk:stire glo glane Old English:starian Persian:خیره نگریستن ( xire negaristan ) ,هاژیدن (fa) ( hāžīdan ) Polish:gapić się (pl) ,wpatrywać się (pl) Portuguese:fitar (pt) ,encarar (pt) Russian:при́стально смотре́ть ( prístalʹno smotrétʹ ) ,глазе́ть (ru) ( glazétʹ ) ,тара́щиться (ru) ( taráščitʹsja ) ( colloquial ) ,пя́литься (ru) ( pjálitʹsja ) ( colloquial ) ,уста́виться (ru) ( ustávitʹsja ) ( colloquial ) Scottish Gaelic:dian-amhairc Serbo-Croatian:zuriti (sh) Spanish:mirar fijamente quedarse mirando vichar (es) ,bichar (es) ( South America ) ,velar (es) Swedish:stirra (sv) ,glo (sv) Thai:จ้อง (th) ( jɔ̂ng ) ,จ้องมอง Turkish:dik dik bakmak (tr) ( sense : looking daggers too ) ,gözünü dikmek öküz gibi bakmak (tr) ( slang ) ,öküzün trene baktığı gibi bakmak (tr) ( literally“ like a cow looks at the train ” ) ( slang ) Ukrainian:вдивля́тися (uk) ( vdyvljátysja ) ,ви́тріщитися ( výtriščytysja )
to influence by looking fixedly
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stare (plural stares
A persistentgaze .thestares of astonished passers-by
Middle English star ster Old English stær ( “ starling ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *starô ( “ starling ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *stor- ( “ starling ” ) .
Cognate withGerman Star ( “ starling ” ) ,Danish stær ( “ starling ” ) ,Swedish stare ( “ starling ” ) ,Norwegian Nynorsk stare ( “ starling ” ) ,Icelandic stari ( “ starling ” ) . Compare alsoOld English stearn ( “ a type of bird, starling ” ) .
stare (plural stares
( nowarchaic ) starling .[from 9th c.] Synonyms: common starling European starling 1634 New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; [ … ] , London:[ … ] Tho[ mas] Cotes , forIohn Bellamie , [ … ] →OCLC page29 :TheStares be bigger than thoſe inEngland , as blacke as Crovves, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young,[ …]
teras -aster reast earst treas. taser setar TASer aster- arste Stear sater stear aster tares Satre tarse Sater arets tears resat rates Aerts Aters Tesar 'earts Taser stare
( dated or formal ) singular present subjunctive ofstaren FromLatin stāre Spanish estar English state
stàre first-person singular present ( with syntactic gemination after the verb ) stò first-person singular past historic stétti or ( traditional ) stètti past participle stàto first-person singular future starò first-person singular subjunctive stìa first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi second-person singular imperative stài or stà' auxiliary èssere ( intransitive )
tostay ,remain Synonyms: restare rimanere stare attenti (a)to pay attention (to)(Lui/Lei/Egli/Ella/Esso/Essa)starà a casa. ―He/She/Itwill stay /remain at home. tokeep ,stick [with a Synonym: attenersi ( followed by a gerund ) be doing something (present continuous )(Io)sto andando. ―Iam going. (Io)sto andando via/me nesto andando. ―Iam leaving. tobe up to with a Synonyms: toccare spettare Sta a te decidere.It’s up to you to decide. to beabout to with per (Io)sto per andare via. ―Iam about to leave. ( mathematics ) with a 4sta a 8 come 5sta a 10. ―4is to 8 as 5is to 10. ( regional ) live Synonyms: vivere abitare Mia sorellasta a Roma. ―My sisterlives in Rome. tobe in a certain conditionSynonym: essere comestai (tu)? howare you? stare a dieta significa ridurre le calorie di ingresso e aumentarne il consumo con il movimentobeing on a diet entails reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned through exercise The second person imperative (sta'
infinitive stàre auxiliary verb èssere gerund stàndo present participle stànte past participle stàto person singular plural first second third first second third indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse present stò 1 stài stà 1 stiàmo stàte stànno imperfect stàvo stàvi stàva stavàmo stavàte stàvano past historic stétti stètti 2 stésti stétte stètte 2 stémmo stéste stéttero stèttero 2 future starò starài starà starémo staréte starànno conditional starèi starésti starèbbe starébbe starémmo staréste starèbbero starébbero subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse present stìa stìa stìa stiàmo stiàte stìano imperfect stéssi stéssi stésse stéssimo stéste stéssero imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro stài stà' stìa stiàmo stàte stìano negative imperative non stàre non stìa non stiàmo non stàte non stìano
1 With syntactic gemination after the verb.2 Traditional.
Including lesser-used forms:
infinitive stàre auxiliary verb èssere gerund stàndo present participle stànte past participle stàto person singular plural first second third first second third indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse present stò 1 stài stà 1 stiàmo stàte stànno imperfect stàvo stàvi stàva stavàmo stavàte stàvano past historic stétti stètti 4 ,stièdi 5 ,stiédi 5 ,stéi 6 ,stièi 6 stésti stétte stètte 4 ,stiède 5 ,stiéde 5 ,stè 7 ,stiè 7 stémmo stéste stéttero stèttero 4 ,stièdero 5 ,stiédero 5 ,stèttono 6 ,stérono 6 ,stièrono 6 future starò starài starà starémo staréte starànno conditional starèi starésti starèbbe starébbe starémmo staréste starèbbero starébbero subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse present stìa stèa 2 stìa stìe 2 stìa stèa 2 ,stìe 2 stiàmo stiàte stìano stèano 2 imperfect stéssi stéssi stésse stéssimo stéste stéssero imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro stài stà' stà 1,3 stìa stèa 2 ,stìe 2 stiàmo stàte stìano stèano 2 negative imperative non stàre non stìa non stèa 2 ,non stìe 2 non stiàmo non stàte non stìano non stèano 2
1 With syntactic gemination after the verb.2 Archaic poetic.3 Disused.4 Traditional.5 Popular or Tuscan.6 Archaic.7 Archaic or popular.
stāre
present active infinitive ofstō stare
inflection ofstary neuter nominative / accusative singular nominative / accusative plural FromOld Norse stari
stare m definite singular staren indefinite plural starar definite plural starane
astarling (a songbird ,Sturnus vulgaris ( dialectal , Southern Norway) thrush stare
inflection ofstary neuter nominative / accusative / vocative singular nonvirile nominative / accusative / vocative plural Fromsta -re
stare f plural stări
status ,standing ,situation ,position ,condition state stare
inflection ofstar masculine accusative plural feminine genitive singular feminine nominative / accusative / vocative plural FromOld Norse stari Proto-Germanic *staraz Proto-Indo-European *storo- ( “ starling ” ) or*(s)tern- ( “ starling ” ) , same ultimate source asOld Prussian starnite ( “ gull ” ) .
stare c
starling (a bird)FromLatin stāre
stare
( intransitive ) stay ,remain ( intransitive ) be This verb needs aninflection-table template .
