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stare at the wall

stare at the wall verb: to be bored and idle.

Verb

stare at the wall (third-person singular simple present stares at the wall, present participle staring at the wall, simple past and past participle stared at the wall)

  1. To be bored and idle.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stare, wall.

Forms of stare at the wall

third-person singular presentstares at the wall
present participlestaring at the wall
past participlestared at the wall
paststared at the wall

Questions about stare at the wall

What does stare at the wall mean?
Stare at the wall means to be bored and idle.
What part of speech is stare at the wall?
Stare at the wall is a verb.
What is the past tense of stare at the wall?
The past tense of stare at the wall is stared at the wall.

Words near stare at the wall in the dictionary

  1. stardrive
  2. stardrives
  3. stardust
  4. stardusts
  5. stare
  6. stare at the wall
  7. Stare Brusno
  8. stare daggers
  9. stare decisis
  10. stare down
  11. stare into space

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