to stare intently
1stare — [ster] vi. stared, staring [ME staren < OE starian, akin to ON stara < Gmc * stara , having fixed eyes, rigid < IE base * (s)ter , rigid, stiff > STARK, Gr strēnēs, hard] 1. to gaze or look steadily with eyes wide open, as in fear,… …
2stare — verb ADVERB ▪ fixedly, hard, intently, unblinkingly ▪ I could see a man staring at me intently. ▪ steadily ▪ impassively …
3stare — starer, n. staringly, adv. /stair/, v., stared, staring, n. v.i. 1. to gaze fixedly and intently, esp. with the eyes wide open. 2. to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous: The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative …
4stare — [[t]stɛər[/t]] v. stared, star•ing, n. 1) to gaze fixedly and intently, esp. with the eyes wide open 2) to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous 3) (of hair, feathers, etc.) to stand on end; bristle 4) to stare at: to stare a person up and… …
5stare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. gaze, gape, gawk; stand out. See vision, curiosity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gaze, gawk, look fixedly; see look 2 , watch 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. gaze, gawking, ogling, eyeballing,… …
6intently — adv. Intently is used with these verbs: ↑concentrate, ↑focus, ↑gaze, ↑listen, ↑look, ↑peer, ↑regard, ↑stare, ↑study, ↑watch …
7stare — 1. To look intently or fixedly. 2. An intent gaze. [A.S. starian] …
8stare — v. n. Gaze, gloat, look intently, gaze earnestly …
9gaze — 1. verb /ɡeɪz/ a) To stare intently or earnestly. Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was, in very truth, as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see. b) …
10First strike — In nuclear strategy, a first strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country s ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country… …
