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1. Look at with fixed eyes
   "The students stared at the teacher with amazement";
   - gaze
    
2. Fixate one's eyes
   "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

1. A fixed look with eyes open wide

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Derived forms: stares, staring, stared

Type of: butcher's [Brit, slang], gander [informal], look, looking, looking at

Encyclopedia: Stare, Piła County