stare

Meanings

Plural: stares

Noun

a fixed look with eyes open wide
A persistent gaze.
A starling.

Verb

look at with fixed eyes
- "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"
fixate one's eyes
To look fixedly (at something).
To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
To stand out; to project; to bristle.

Origin / Etymology

From 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-.
Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.

Synonyms

common starling, European starling, gaw, gaze, gloar, glom, stare

Scrabble Score: 5

stare is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stare is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stare is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

stare is a valid Words With Friends word