"staring" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-staring.ogg [US] Forms: more staring [comparative], most staring [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} staring (comparative more staring, superlative most staring)
  1. Shining; vivid, garish.
    Sense id: en-staring-en-adj-~ca3Btlm
  2. Looking fixedly with wide-open eyes.
    Sense id: en-staring-en-adj-BH18eKxG
  3. (obsolete) Sensational, lurid. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-staring-en-adj-v8ZDTZAA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: staring contestl, staringly, staring spell, stark staring mad

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-staring.ogg [US] Forms: starings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} staring (plural starings)
  1. The act of one who stares.
    Sense id: en-staring-en-noun-MDDgz5ov

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-staring.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} staring
  1. present participle and gerund of stare Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: stare
    Sense id: en-staring-en-verb-XLN~xA4I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 2 3 3 62

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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