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Word entry · 5 letters

stare

Best crossword clue

"Fixed gaze"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stɛɚ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aerstStarts with SEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Look fixedly or for a long time.

Word origin

From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-.

Used in a sentence

  • She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.
  • to stare a timid person into submission
  • staring windows or colours

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Fixed gaze5 letters
02Look fixedly5 letters

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