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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stare down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently.
    • “Homer’s Triple Bypass” has the potential to be the most depressing episode in the history of The Simpsons, if not television as whole. It is, after all, about a 36-year-old husband and father staring down death and the prospect of leaving his wife a young widow and his small children fatherless. 2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
staring down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stared down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stared down Tense=Past lexicographic
stares down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Coordinates

eye-stalk · ogle · eyeball · eye-rape · eye up · give someone the eye · eyerape

Relateds

staredown

Translations (1)

de niederstarren (overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently)