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star (stär)

a. A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy generated by nuclear reactions in the interior is balanced by the outflow of energy to the surface, and the inward-directed gravitational forces are balanced by the outward-directed gas and radiation pressures.

b. Any of the celestial bodies visible at night from Earth as relatively stationary, usually twinkling points of light.

c. Something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.

2. A graphic design having five or more radiating points, often used as a symbol of rank or merit.

a. An artistic performer or athlete whose leading role or superior performance is acknowledged.

b. One who is highly celebrated in a field or profession.

a. An asterisk (*).

b. The star key on a telephone: For customer service, press star.

5. A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

6. A planet or constellation of the zodiac believed in astrology to influence personal destiny.

7. stars The future; destiny. Often used with the.

adj.

1. Outstanding or famous, especially in performing something: a star researcher; a star figure skater.

2. Of or relating to a star or stars.

v. starred, star·ring, stars

v.tr.

a. To ornament with stars.

b. To award or mark with a star for excellence.

2. To mark with an asterisk.

3. To present or feature (a performer) in a leading role.

v.intr.

1. To play the leading role in a theatrical or film production.

2. To do an outstanding job; perform excellently.

Idioms:

have stars in (one's) eyes

To be dazzled or enraptured, as with romantic love.

see stars

To experience bright, flashing sensations, as from a blow to the head.

[Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; see ster-³ in Indo-European roots.]

star

Noun

1. a planet or meteor visible in the clear night sky as a point of light

2. a hot gaseous mass, such as the sun, that radiates energy as heat and light, or in some cases as radio waves and X-rays Related adjectives astral, sidereal, stellar

3. stars same as horoscope (sense 1)

4. an emblem with five or more radiating points, often used as a symbol of rank or an award: the RAC awarded the hotel three stars

5. same as asterisk

6. a famous person from the sports, acting, or music professions

7. see stars to see flashes of light after a blow on the head

Verb

[starring, starred]

1. to feature (an actor or actress) or (of an actor or actress) to be featured as a star: he's starred in dozens of films

2. to mark (something) with a star or stars [Old English steorra]

star (stär)

1. A large, spherical celestial body consisting of a mass of gas that is hot enough to sustain nuclear fusion and thus produce radiant energy. Stars begin their life cycle as clouds of gas and dust called nebulae and develop, through gravitation and accretion, into increasingly hot and dense protostars. In order to reach the temperature at which nuclear reactions are ignited (about 5 million degrees K), a protostar must have at least 80 times the mass of Jupiter. For most of its life a star fuses hydrogen into helium in its core, during which period it is known as a dwarf star and is classed according to its surface temperature and luminosity (or spectral type) on a continuum called the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. When a star exhausts the hydrogen in its core, it typically develops into one of several non-main-sequence forms depending on how massive it is. Smaller stars, with masses less than eight times that of the Sun, become red giants and end their lives, after blowing away their outer layers, as white dwarfs. More massive stars become supergiants and end their lives, after exploding in a supernova, as either a neutron star or ablack hole.

2. Any of the celestial bodies visible to the naked eye at night as fixed, usually twinkling points of light, including binary and multiple star systems.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	star - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" binary, binary star, double star - a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earth fixed star - any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion giant star, giant - a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) loadstar, lodestar - guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy multiple star - a system of three or more stars associated by gravity neutron star - a star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons nova - a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process red dwarf, red dwarf star - a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter red giant, red giant star - a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun sun - any star around which a planetary system revolves supergiant - an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density supernova - a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process variable star, variable - a star that varies noticeably in brightness white dwarf, white dwarf star - a faint star of enormous density
	2.	star - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field adept, hotshot, maven, mavin, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard, sensation, ace, genius, champion expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully track star - a star runner
	3.	star - any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky starlet - a small star
	4.	star - an actor who plays a principal role principal, lead actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player - a theatrical performer co-star - one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film film star, movie star - a star who plays leading roles in the cinema matinee idol, idol - someone who is adored blindly and excessively television star, TV star - a star in a television show
	5.	star - a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem plane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape hexagram - a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles asterism - (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light pentacle, pentagram, pentangle - a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
	6.	star - a performer who receives prominent billing headliner performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
	7.	star - a star-shaped character * used in printing asterisk grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
	8.	star - the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub star topology network topology, topology - the configuration of a communication network
Verb	1.	star - feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man" feature, have - have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" co-star - feature as the co-star in a performance
	2.	star - be the star in a performance dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" co-star - be the co-star in a performance
	3.	star - mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" asterisk mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
Adj.	1.	star - indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" leading, prima, starring, stellar major - of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"

star

noun 1. heavenly body, sun, celestial body

noun 2. celebrity, big name, celeb (informal) megastar (informal) name, draw, idol, luminary, leading man or lady, lead, hero or heroine, principal, main attraction

plural noun 3. horoscope, forecast, astrological chart

verb 4. play the lead, appear, feature, perform >> adjectives astral, sidereal, stellar

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