star

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   mark with an asterisk

   Linguists star unacceptable sentences

2. 2
   verb

   feature as the star

   The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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. 5
   noun

   senses relating to fame

   Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   verb

   To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.

   She starred in dozens of silent movies.

8. 8
   verb

   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.

Etymology

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo. Cognates Cognate with Scots starn, ster (“star”), Yola starr, steor (“star”), Saterland Frisian Stiern (“star”), West Frisian stjer (“star”), Cimbrian stèrn (“star”), Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Luxembourgish Stär (“star”), Mòcheno stern (“star”), Vilamovian śtaom (“star”), Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”), Danis…