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0 to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or thinking:
- Don't stare at people like that, it's rude.
- Chuck sat quietly for hours staring into the distance, thinking of what might have been.
- During the press conference, each boxer tried to stare the other down (= force the other to look away by continual staring).
1 a long look at something or someone with your eyes wide open:
- She gave him a long stare but didn't answer his question.
2 a long look into the distance typical of someone who has suffered severe emotional shock :
- The returning soldiers had the thousand yard stare of people who have seen an awful lot of not very nice things.
- A distracted, intense, faraway look developed in her eyes - what the marines call the thousand yard stare.
3 to look directly at someone or something for a long time:
- [ I ] Don’t stare at people.
- [ M ] The fighters tried to stare each other down (= cause the other to turn away).

He stared open-eyed at all the food on the table.
A kind of peacefulness overcame him as he stared up at the stars.
I looked in her face for some response, but she just stared at me blankly.
He just stared blankly at me.
Carl stared blearily at the newspaper.
The couple swiftly dances their way, free from the observers' disapproving stares.
We are told that when approached the robot swivels its head in a disconcertingly human gesture, and stares at them.
After all, the true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection.