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stared

verb
SaySTAIRDUS/stɛɹd/UK/stɛəd/

1 meaning of stared

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    verb
    Simple past and past participle of stare.

    He stared blankly at the screen, unsure how to respond.

    She had stared at the letter for an hour before finally opening it.

    Note

    One regular form does double duty: stare drops nothing but adds -d, and the result serves as both simple past (she stared) and participle (she had stared). Most uses are intransitive and take at, but the transitive sense of influencing someone by a fixed look allows a passive: he was stared into silence. In older writing, something that stared had bristled or stood out, rather than looked.

stared is a form of stare

stare, verb: To look fixedly at someone or something, holding the gaze steady rather than glancing away. Full entry

Forms
starestares he/she/itstaring -ing formstared past tense, past participle
Spelling
stare → stared: add -d

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