"stare" in the noun sense
1. stare
a fixed look with eyes open wide
"stare" in the verb sense
1. gaze, stare
look at with fixed eyes
"The students stared at the teacher with amazement"
2. stare
fixate one's eyes
"The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"
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