star

noun

1. Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

   “He loved watching the stars in the sky with her.”

2. Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

   “What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.”

   “star-crossed (meaning 'ill-fated')”

   “But O malignant and ill-boading Starres,[…]”

   “Men bless their stars and call it luxury.”

   “But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come.”

3. A very massive ball of plasma with strong enough gravity to have ongoing fusion of hydrogen or heavier elements in its core. In strict technical usage, the Sun is included.
4. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

   “Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.”

5. (figuratively)senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks
6. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks
7. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

   “[…]on whom […] / Lavish Honour shower’d all her stars,[…]”

   “three-star general”

8. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

   “And the first music review I remember reading was in Rolling Stone, which rated albums on a scale of one to five stars, or so I thought. In 1990, the début solo album by Andrew Ridgeley, who had sung alongside George Michael in the pop duo Wham!, was awarded only half a star.”

9. senses relating to fame

   “Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.”

10. senses relating to fame

    “His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.”

    “I met my favourite star at the public event.”

    “1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret The king who had worn her colours was dead and gone; the court of which she had been a star had passed away; powerful functionaries and great magistrates, who might perhaps have helped her, were mouldering in their graves; […]”

    “Star reporter, leg-man, cub, veteran gray in the trade—one and all they tried to pin the Bat like a caught butterfly to the front page of their respective journals—soon or late each gave up, beaten. He was news—[…]—the brief, staccato recital of his career in the morgues of the great dailies grew longer and more incredible each day.”

11. (figuratively)senses relating to fame

    “someone's star is rising / has risen”

    “It’s only in hindsight that I’m able to appreciate just how high my star had risen. I’d gone from being the student who couldn’t speak in class to being the teacher of the language of a new age, from the child of modest, middle-class Beltway parents to the man living the island life and making so much money that it had lost its meaning.”

12. (Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, broadly)A friend, a mate, a pal.

    “"Wha'ppen, star!" Hector said, grinning to reveal a gold-capped tooth. He told everyone it was solid twenty-four carat, but if it was, he would have wrenched it out with pliers to pawn to the highest bidder by now.”

    “Hello claat, what you doing spar?[…]It's got three ring tones, that's the name for the ring. There's this one, right (ring tone sounds). That's fucking safe, spar. But mostly, I bought it for this, check this one out, claat!”

    “Switches character to the street-wise Ragamuffin, speaking out of the corner of his mouth in Creole: "Whappen now star! Seckle, seckle now people! Cool, cool na baass! [what is happening friends? Settle down]”

    “'Dey ain't mine,' Stacey snapped, flicking her head towards the yutes in the bedroom. 'I'm juss lookin after dem fi mi fren dem. I only av six pickney by tree men enuh, star.'”

13. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

verb

1. (intransitive)To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.

   “She starred in dozens of silent movies.”

   “I was inundated with invitations; […] I felt, indeed, much as a great actor must when he goes 'starring' in the provinces.”

2. (transitive)To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.

   “The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.”

   “"What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.”

3. (transitive)To mark with a star or asterisk.
4. (transitive)To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.

   “Thy gloomy Grandeurs (Nature’s moſt auguſt, / Inſpiring Aſpect!) claim a grateful Verſe; / And, like a ſable Curtain ſtarr’d with Gold, / Drawn o’er my Labours paſt, ſhall cloſe the Scene.”

5. (intransitive)To shine like a star.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable)A female given name from English.

   “Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.”

   “Stella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
4. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
5. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
6. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
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11. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
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14. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
15. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
16. (UK, countable, uncountable)Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
17. (Malaysia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Special Task and Rescue.
18. (Singapore, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Special Tactics and Rescue.
19. (Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Southern Tagalog Arterial Road.