STARE
What does "STARE" mean?
To look fixedly at someone or something with eyes wide open.
Meanings
- To gaze fixedly and intently, often in surprise, curiosity, or rudeness. The child stared at the magician in wonder.
- A fixed, often prolonged look. He met her accusation with a blank stare.
Word origin
From Old English 'starian', to gaze fixedly, from Proto-Germanic 'staren', from a Proto-Indo-European root 'ster-' meaning stiff or rigid - a stare being a fixed, unmoving look.
Remember it
STARE and STAIR are homophones: you climb the STAIR but you STARE with your eyes - the one with the E is the look.
A little poem
Two strangers, one train-
the long stare neither claims, then
both glance at their phones.
haiku
Wordplay
- I had a staring contest with my reflection. We both refused to blink, and somehow we both lost.
What it teaches
A stare can mean awe or accusation; what you read in it often says more about you than the eyes.
Quick facts
What does STARE mean?
To look fixedly at someone or something with eyes wide open.
Is STARE a valid word?
Yes — STARE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STARE?
STARE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STARE come from?
From Old English 'starian', to gaze fixedly, from Proto-Germanic 'staren', from a Proto-Indo-European root 'ster-' meaning stiff or rigid - a stare being a fixed, unmoving look.
What can STARE teach us?
A stare can mean awe or accusation; what you read in it often says more about you than the eyes.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.