# stares

Pronunciation: say "STAIRZ" US /ˈstɛɹz/, UK /ˈstɛəz/, AUS /steːz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of stare. — third-person singular simple present indicative of stare
   - Simple: Third-person singular of stare. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _He stares at the chessboard for minutes before making a move._
   - _The toddler stares at strangers with open curiosity._

## Noun

2. Plural of stare. — plural of stare
   - Simple: Plural of stare. Use this when talking about more than one long, fixed look.
   - _She walked through the lobby under the curious stares of the waiting crowd._
   - _The actors held their lines despite the flat stares of an unimpressed audience._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stares (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).