stare

stare (http://definr.com/stare)

     n : a fixed look with eyes open wide
     v 1: look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher
          with amazement" [syn: gaze]
     2: fixate one's eyes; look at with a fixed gaze, as of a
        sculpture or a painting; "The ancestor in the painting
        stared down at us menacingly"