[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.", "to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous:The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative gallery.", "to be patently or compellingly obvious:The stark, staring fact is, you can't do something with nothing.", "(of hair, feathers, etc.) to stick out or stand on end; bristle :Both male and female pheasants are rough-footed and have staring feathers around the head and neck."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to stare at:to stare a person up and down.", "to effect or have a certain effect on by staring:They all laughed at me and stared me into silence."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:The banker greeted him with a glassy stare."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to cause to become uncomfortable by gazing steadily at one; overcome by staring:A nonsmoker at the next table tried to stare me down."]}]