stare

verb4

1. •
   to keep the eyes fixed on one person or thing and not move them away

   • She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.
2. •
   To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
3. •
   To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

   • staring windows or colours
4. •
   (no longer used) To stand out; to project; to bristle.

   • Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. — 1599

noun2

1. •
   A persistent gaze.

   • the stares of astonished passers-by
2. •
   (no longer used) A starling.

   • The Stares be bigger than those in England, as blacke as Crovves, being the most troublesome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young, […] — 1634

noun1

1. •
   A village and municipality in okres Michalovce, Košice kraj, eastern Slovakia, first mentioned in 1273.