stare

1. (intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something).Examples: "She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her."; "Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had"; "A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair."intransitive

2. (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.Examples: "to stare a timid person into submission"transitive

3. (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.Examples: "staring windows or colours"intransitive

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.Examples: "Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare."; "Take off all the staring straws, twigs and jags in the hive."intransitiveobsolete