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5-letter words (13 found)

ARETS,ASTER,EARST,RATES,REAST,RESAT,STARE,STEAR,STRAE,TARES,TASER,TEARS,TERAS,

4-letter words (31 found)

ARES,ARET,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EAST,EATS,ERAS,ERST,ETAS,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,REST,RETS,SATE,SEAR,SEAT,SERA,SETA,STAR,TAES,TARE,TARS,TASE,TEAR,TEAS,TRES,TSAR,

3-letter words (27 found)

ARE,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,EAR,EAS,EAT,ERA,ERS,EST,ETA,RAS,RAT,RES,RET,SAE,SAR,SAT,SEA,SER,SET,TAE,TAR,TAS,TEA,TES,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AR,AS,AT,EA,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 84 words from stare according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stare

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Definitions and meaning of stare

stare

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stâr
  • (General American) IPA(key): /stɛɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɛə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: stair

Etymology 1

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-.

Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.

Verb

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

  1. (intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
  2. (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
    to stare a timid person into submission
  3. (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Troponyms
  • gaze, to stare intently or earnestly
  • ogle, to stare covetously or amorously
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

stare (plural stares)

  1. A persistent gaze.
    the stares of astonished passers-by
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”). Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).

Noun

stare (plural stares)

  1. (now archaic) A starling. [from 9th c.]
    Synonyms: common starling, European starling

See also

  • stare decisis

Further reading

  • “stare”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “stare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, pages 5906–5907.

Anagrams

  • 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, Satre, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stare

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of staren

Anagrams

  • Aster

Italian

Etymology

From Latin stāre, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Cognate with Spanish estar and English state.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stà‧re

Verb

stàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò, first-person singular past historic stétti or (traditional) stètti, past participle stàto, first-person singular future starò, first-person singular subjunctive stìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi, second-person singular imperative stài or stà', auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to stay, remain
    Synonyms: restare, rimanere
    stare attenti (a) ― to pay attention (to)
    (Lui/Lei/Egli/Ella/Esso/Essa) starà a casa. ― He/She/It will stay/remain at home.
  2. to keep, stick [+ a (object)]
    Synonym: attenersi
  3. (followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)
    (Io) sto andando. ― I am going.
    (Io) sto andando via/me ne sto andando. ― I am leaving.
  4. to be up to [+ a (object)]
    Synonyms: toccare, spettare
    Sta a te decidere. ― It’s up to you to decide.
  5. to be about to [+ per (object)]
    (Io) sto per andare via. ― I am about to leave.
  6. (mathematics) to be to [+ a (object)]
    4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. ― 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.
  7. (regional) to live
    Synonyms: vivere, abitare
    Mia sorella sta a Roma. ― My sister lives in Rome.
  8. to be in a certain condition
    Synonym: essere

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Sabir: star
  • → Esperanto: stari

Anagrams

  • -astre, Tresa, estra-, resta, sarte, tersa

Latin

Verb

stāre

  1. present active infinitive of stō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstarɛ/, [ˈstarə]

Adjective

stare

  1. inflection of stary:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • star

Etymology

From Old Norse stari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²stɑːrə/

Noun

stare m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

  1. a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)
  2. (dialectal, Southern Norway) a thrush

See also

  • stær (Bokmål)

References

  • “stare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɛ/
  • Rhymes: -arɛ
  • Syllabification: sta‧re

Adjective

stare

  1. inflection of stary:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Romanian

Etymology

From sta +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -are

Noun

stare f (plural stări)

  1. status, standing, situation, position, condition
  2. state

Declension

Derived terms

  • în stare

See also

  • stat

References

  • stare in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

stare

  1. inflection of star:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”) or *(s)tern- (“starling”), same ultimate source as Old Prussian starnite (“gull”).

Noun

stare c

  1. starling (a bird)

Declension

Anagrams

  • arets, etsar, raset, reats, retas, treas

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

stare

  1. (intransitive) to stay, remain
  2. (intransitive) to be

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

  • Present tense:- stoche, sté or stéje, sté or stéje, stáme, státe, stonne

Source: wiktionary.org