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# starer

«starer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who stares, looking at someone or something for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a starer, starers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who stares, looking at someone or something for a long time with fixed eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, «a starer» can make people uncomfortable; in kindness lessons, children learn that staring at people who look different can hurt, so it is better to smile or say hello. Rare word; people usually say «someone who stares».

### examples

- The baby is a real starer — she watches everyone on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/#x1)
- Don't be a starer; it's rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/#x2)
- The starer at the window watched us all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/#x3)
- My cat is a starer; she sits and looks at the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/#x4)
- The starers on the platform watched the steam train pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/#x5)
- Don't be a starer at the boy in the wheelchair; just say hello. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/#x6)

### note

Countable; rare. From «stare» (drop the e, add -er). Homophone trap: «stare» (look) vs «stair» (step).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «starer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.