"stare at the wall" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stares at the wall [present, singular, third-person], staring at the wall [participle, present], stared at the wall [participle, past], stared at the wall [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stare at the wall (third-person singular simple present stares at the wall, present participle staring at the wall, simple past and past participle stared at the wall)
  1. To be bored and idle. Translations (to be bored and idle): zírat do zdi [imperfective] (Czech), čumět do zdi [imperfective] (Czech), syljeksiä kattoon (Finnish), an die Wand starren (German), 发愣 (fālèng) (Mandarin), 发呆 (fādāi) (Mandarin), pensar na morte da bezerra (Portuguese), би́ть баклу́ши (bítʹ baklúši) (Russian), pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stare_at_the_wall-en-verb-k2d-X3-O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'to be bored and idle': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stare, wall.
    Sense id: en-stare_at_the_wall-en-verb-PuykY7gb

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