stare

Definitions of stare in various dictionaries:

noun - a fixed look with eyes open wide

verb - look at with fixed eyes

verb - fixate one's eyes

To look directly and fixedly, often with a wide-eyed gaze.

To be conspicuous; stand out.

To look at directly and fixedly: stared him in the eyes.

To be plainly visible or obvious; force itself on (one’s) attention: The money on the table was staring her in the face.

To be obvious though initially overlooked: The explanation had been staring him in the face all along.

To be imminent or unavoidable: Bankruptcy now stares us in the face.

verb - to gaze fixedly