stare — meaning in English

English meaning

• abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
• be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
• remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
• stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.

Senses

stare is used for these senses in English:

• abide (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]
• be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
• remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

abide — full definition

1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

be — full definition

1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

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