star
IPA: stˈɑr
noun
- Any small, natural and bright dot appearing in the unobscured sky, especially in the night or twilight sky.
- (astronomy) A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the Sun may or may not be included.
- (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.
- (acting) An actor in a leading role.
- An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
- (Jamaica, MLE, African-American Vernacular) (by extension) A friend, a mate, a pal.
- (printing) An asterisk (*) or symbol (★).
- A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
- A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
- (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
- A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
- A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
- A surname.
- A female given name from English.
- A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
- A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
- A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
- A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
- A city in Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
- A small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
- A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
- A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
- (UK, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
verb
- (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
- (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
- (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- (intransitive) To shine like a star.
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Examples of "star" in Sentences
- Stars twinkle on Christmas.
- The stars are ominous and foreboding.
- But the Gorge is the star of the park.
- In the ceiling, the stars are shining.
- Big Star is the naive cousin of The Big Time.
- But, since the planets aren't stars, the twinkling stars are normal.
- Mizar is the second star in from the end of the handle of the Big Dipper.
- The dim light of the stars simply does not have a chance to expose the film.
- Coming up, the story that brings new meaning to the term star-crossed lovers.
- He had to turn out all of the lights in the shuttle to even glimpse the stars.
- A huge amount of carbon soot accumulates in the upper atmosphere of such stars.
- [Footnote 238: "At night the savages direct their course by the polar star; they call it the _motionless star_.
- There was a time, not so long ago, when the term "star hedge-fund manager" had a legitimate place in the investment lexicon.
- When the sea of bodies finally parted, it made sense: two Gossip Girl guys + one movie star + one television star+ one Olsen twin = total chaos.
- Jennifer Garner is going from super-spy to super-sleuth: The Alias star will play Miss Marple in a new adaptation of Agatha Christie's crime novels, according to Deadline.
- Whatever their words for stars in the sky, speakers of Turkish, Portuguese, German, and other tongues turn to native-language media outlets named partly or entirely in Global English, often putting the word star in the limelight.
- Barnes & Noble, the country's largest book retailer as measured by sales, is so certain that the book will excite readers that it plans on giving the title star treatment, including stacking extensive copies in the front of its stores.
- Even though the title star is Aquaman, this story is more from Aqualad's point of view--we get to read what young Garth is thinking, while Aquaman's plans to combat the now-giant sea creatures are as unknown to us as they are to Aqualad.