German

Noun

Stare

1. plural of Star: starlings
2. (archaic) dative singular of Star

English

Verb

stare ‎(third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

1. (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).

1. • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2

     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, I star'd at with all the eyes I had

   • 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I:

     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.

2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

   staring windows or colours

3. (obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
   • William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)

     Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare.

   • John Mortimer (1656?-1736)

     Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive.

Troponyms

• gaze, to stare intently or earnestly
• ogle, to stare covetously or amorously

Derived terms

• stare someone in the face

Translations

Noun

stare ‎(plural stares)

1. A persistent gaze.

   the stares of astonished passers-by

Etymology 2

Old English

Noun

stare ‎(plural stares)

1. (obsolete) A starling.

Anagrams

• arste, aster, rates, resat, setar, tares, tarse, Taser, taser, tears, teras

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staren

Anagrams

• Aster

Italian

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.re/, [ˈstaː.re]

Verb

stare

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain

   stare attenti (a)

   pay attention (to)

2. (intransitive) to be
3. (intransitive) to live
   • Mia sorella sta a Roma.‎

     My sister lives in Rome.

4. (intransitive, followed by a) to keep, stick
5. (intransitive, followed by a) to be up to
   • Sta a te decidere.‎

     It's up to you to decide.

6. (intransitive, mathematics) to be to
   • 4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10.‎

     4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to stay, remain): restare, rimanere
• (to be): essere
• (to live): vivere, abitare
• (to keep, etc.): attenersi (a)
• (to be up to): toccare (a), spettare (a)

Related terms

Anagrams

• resta, sarte, tersa

Latin

Verb

stāre

1. present active infinitive of stō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstarɛ/

Adjective

stare

1. inflection of stary:
   1. nominative and accusative neuter singular
   2. nominative and accusative plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• star

Noun

stare m ‎(definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

1. a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)

Polish

Adjective

stare

1. Neuter form of stary

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb sta.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -are

Noun

stare f ‎(plural stări)

1. status, standing, situation, position, condition

Derived terms

• în stare

See also

• stat

Swedish

Noun

stare c

1. starling (a bird)

Declension

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

stare

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain
2. (intransitive) to be

Conjugation

• Full conjugation needed.
• Present tense:- stoche, sté or stéje, sté or stéje, stáme, státe, stonne