Dictionary Entry
stare
stare is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The starling. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The starling.
- 2intransitive verb
To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.
- 3intransitive verb
To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.
- 4intransitive verb
To stand out; to project; to bristle.
- 5transitive verb
To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
- 6noun
The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.
- 7noun
a fixed look with eyes open wide
- 8verb
fixate one's eyes
"The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"
- 9verb
look at with fixed eyes
"The students stared at the teacher with amazement"
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