'Stare' definitions:

Definition of 'stare'

noun

A fixed look with eyes open wide

verb

Look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement" [syn: gaze, stare]

verb

Fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

From: GCIDE

Stare \Stare\ (st[^a]r), n. [AS. staer. See Starling.] (Zool.) The starling. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Stare \Stare\ (st[^a]r), v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at. [1913 Webster]
I will stare him out of his wits. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. "The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it." --Locke. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Stare \Stare\, n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." --Churchill. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

stare \stare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. stared (st[^a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. staring.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. star[=e]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. stereo`s solid (E. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. [root]166. Cf. Sterile.]
1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. [1913 Webster]
For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors. [1913 Webster]
3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See Gaze. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Starling \Star"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. staer; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. staer, L. sturnus. Cf. Stare a starling.]
1. (Zool.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra. [1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A California fish; the rock trout. [1913 Webster]
3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling. [1913 Webster]
Rose-colored starling. (Zool.) See Pastor. [1913 Webster]