Слово англійською: stare

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stare

verb
/ster/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stare
/ster/
he / she / it stares
/sterz/
past simple stared
/sterd/
past participle stared
/sterd/
-ing form staring
/ˈsterɪŋ/
  1. to look at somebody/something for a long time
    • I screamed and everyone stared.
    • stare at somebody/something I stared blankly at the paper in front of me.
    • stare up/down at somebody/something They stared up at the hole in the ceiling.
    • He sat staring into space (= looking at nothing).
    • I was staring into her beautiful blue eyes.
    • She looked at them with dark staring eyes.
    Synonyms starestaregaze peer glareThese words all mean to look at somebody/​something for a long time.stare to look at somebody/​something for a long time, especially with surprise or fear, or because you are thinking:
    • I screamed and everyone stared.
    gaze (rather formal) to look steadily at somebody/​something for a long time, especially with surprise or love, or because you are thinking:
    • We all gazed at Marco in amazement.
    peer to look closely or carefully at something, especially when you cannot see it clearlyglare to look angrily at somebody/​something for a long time:
    • I looked at her and she glared stonily back.
    Patterns
    • to stare/​gaze/​peer/​glare at somebody/​something
    • to stare/​gaze/​peer/​glare suspiciously
    • to stare/​gaze/​peer anxiously/​intently
    • to stare/​gaze/​glare wildly/​fiercely
    Word OriginOld English starian, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be rigid’.
Idioms
be staring somebody in the face
  1. used to describe something that you have failed to see, even though it was obvious and should have been easy to see
    • The answer was staring us in the face but we never saw it until it was too late.
  2. to be certain to happen
    • Defeat was staring them in the face.
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
be staring something in the face
  1. to be unable to avoid something
    • They were staring defeat in the face.
Phrasal Verbs
  • stare out
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