Stare | Mean of stare in English Dictionary

/ˈsteɚ/

• Verb
• to look at someone or something for a long time often with your eyes wide open
1. She was staring straight ahead. = Her eyes were staring straight ahead.
2. She stared out the window.
3. His mother told him not to stare.
4. We just sat and stared at each other.
5. They stared in disbelief at the accident scene.
6. I spend a lot of my time staring at a computer screen.
7. The solution was staring right at me but I didn't see it. [=the solution was obvious but I failed to see it]
• to look directly into someone's eyes without fear until he or she becomes uncomfortable and looks away
1. The batter tried to stare down the pitcher.
2. They had stared down danger more than once.
• to look directly into the eyes of (someone)
1. She stared me in the face and told me to leave.
2. The solution was staring me in the face. [=the solution was obvious]
3. Failure was staring him in the face. [=he was very close to failing; he was almost certain to fail]
4. They stared death in the face/eye [=they came very close to death; they did something that was very dangerous and that could have caused their death] and didn't flinch.
• Noun

• the act of looking directly at someone or something for a long time
1. They looked at me with accusing stares.
2. I asked him about it, but my question only drew/got a blank stare. [=he looked at me in a way that showed he did not understand or know the answer to my question]