a gold or bronze star worn on the ribbon of a decoration or medal to represent a second or subsequent award of the same decoration or medal.
b.
a silver star worn in place of five gold or bronze stars.
14.
a white spot on the forehead of a horse.
15.
Heraldry. a mullet.
–adjective
16.
celebrated, prominent, or distinguished; preeminent: a star basketball player; a star reporter.
17.
of or pertaining to a star or stars.
–verb (used with object)
18.
to set with or as with stars; spangle.
19.
to feature as a star: an old movie starring Rudolph Valentino.
20.
to mark with a star or asterisk, as for special notice.
–verb (used without object)
21.
to shine as a star; be brilliant or prominent.
22.
(of a performer) to appear as a star: He starred in several productions of Shaw's plays.
—Idioms
23.
make someone see stars, to deal someone a severe blow causing the illusion of brilliant streaks of light before the eyes: The blow on the head made him see stars, and the next thing he knew he was in the hospital.
24.
thank one's lucky stars, to acknowledge one's good fortune; be grateful: Instead of complaining about hospital bills she should thank her lucky stars she's still alive. Also, thank one's stars.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME sterre, OE steorra; c. OHG sterra; akin to OHG sterno, ON stjarna, Goth stairno, L stella, Gk astr, Skt stṛ]
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.
Any of the celestial bodies visible at night from Earth as relatively stationary, usually twinkling points of light.
Something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.
An artistic performer or athlete whose leading role or superior performance is acknowledged.
One who is highly celebrated in a field or profession.
An asterisk (*).
The star key on a telephone: For customer service, press star.
A graphic design having five or more radiating points, often used as a symbol of rank or merit.
An artistic performer or athlete whose leading role or superior performance is acknowledged.
One who is highly celebrated in a field or profession.
An asterisk (*).
The star key on a telephone: For customer service, press star.
An asterisk (*).
The star key on a telephone: For customer service, press star.
A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
A planet or constellation of the zodiac believed in astrology to influence personal destiny.
stars The future; destiny. Often used with the.
adj.
Outstanding or famous, especially in performing something: a star researcher; a star figure skater.
Of or relating to a star or stars.
v.
starred, star·ring, stars
v.
tr.
To ornament with stars.
To award or mark with a star for excellence.
To mark with an asterisk.
To present or feature (a performer) in a leading role.
v.
intr.
To play the leading role in a theatrical or film production.
To do an outstanding job; perform excellently.
[Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; see ster-3 in Indo-European roots.]
O.E. steorra, from P.Gmc. *sterron, *sternon (cf. O.S. sterro, O.N. stjarna, O.Fris. stera, Du. ster, O.H.G. sterro, Ger. Stern, Goth. stairno), from PIE *ster- (cf. Skt. star-, Hittite shittar, Gk. aster, astron, L. stella, Bret. sterenn, Welsh seren "star"). Astrological sense of "influence of planets and zodiac on human affairs" is recorded from c.1250; star-crossed is from "Romeo and Juliet" (1592). Stars as a ranking of quality for hotels, restaurants, etc. are attested from 1886, originally in Baedecker guides. Brass star as a police badge is recorded from 1859 (New York City). Starlight is c.1374; star-fruit (Damasonium stellatum) is first attested 1857; starfish first attested 1538; star-gazer is from 1560. Starry-eyed "unrealistically optimistic" is attested from 1936 (in "Gone With the Wind"). Starship first attested 1934 (in "Astounding Stories").
1824, "perform the lead part" (said of actors, singers, etc.), from star (n.). Sporting sense is from 1916. Starlet in Hollywood sense first recorded 1920.
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" [syn: leading]
noun
1.
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
2.
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
3.
any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
4.
an actor who plays a principal role
5.
a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
6.
a performer who receives prominent billing [syn: headliner]
7.
a star-shaped character * used in printing [syn: asterisk]
8.
the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub [syn: star topology]
verb
1.
feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man"
2.
be the star in a performance
3.
mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"
the fixed bodies in the sky, which are really distant suns Example: The Sun is a star, and the Earth is one of its planets.
Arabic:
كَوْكَب
Chinese (Simplified):
恒星
Chinese (Traditional):
恆星
Czech:
hvězda
Danish:
stjerne
Dutch:
ster
Estonian:
täht
Finnish:
tähti
French:
étoile
German:
der Stern
Greek:
άστρο
Hungarian:
csillag
Icelandic:
stjarna
Indonesian:
bintang
Italian:
stella
Japanese:
恒星
Korean:
항성
Latvian:
zvaigzne
Lithuanian:
žvaigždė
Norwegian:
stjerne
Polish:
gwiazda
Portuguese (Brazil):
estrela
Portuguese (Portugal):
estrela
Romanian:
astru
Russian:
звезда
Slovak:
hviezda
Slovenian:
zvezda
Swedish:
stjärna
Turkish:
yıldız
star2[staː]noun
any of the bodies in the sky appearing as points of light Example: The sky was full of stars.
Arabic:
نَجْم
Chinese (Simplified):
星星
Chinese (Traditional):
星星
Czech:
hvězda
Danish:
stjerne
Dutch:
ster
Estonian:
täht
Finnish:
tähti
French:
étoile
German:
der Stern
Greek:
αστέρι
Hungarian:
csillag
Icelandic:
fastastjarna
Indonesian:
bintang
Italian:
stella
Japanese:
星
Korean:
별
Latvian:
zvaigzne
Lithuanian:
žvaigždė
Norwegian:
stjerne
Polish:
gwiazda
Portuguese (Brazil):
estrela
Portuguese (Portugal):
estrela
Romanian:
stea
Russian:
звезда
Slovak:
hviezda
Slovenian:
zvezda
Swedish:
stjärna
Turkish:
yıldız
star3[staː]noun
an object, shape or figure with a number of pointed rays, usually five or six, often used as a means of marking quality etc Example: The teacher stuck a gold star on the child's neat exercise book; a four-star hotel
Arabic:
أي شَيء على شَكْل نَجْم، عَلامَة تُشير إلى مُسْتَوى أو
Chinese (Simplified):
星号（即*）…星级…
Chinese (Traditional):
星號(即*)…星級…
Czech:
hvězdička
Danish:
stjerne; -stjernet
Dutch:
ster
Estonian:
tärn
Finnish:
tähti
French:
étoile
German:
der Stern
Greek:
αστέρι (προσδιοριστικό ποιότητας)
Hungarian:
csillag
Icelandic:
stjarna
Indonesian:
bintang
Italian:
stella
Japanese:
星のマーク
Korean:
(등급을 나타내는) 성장(星章)
Latvian:
zvaigzne; zvaigznīte
Lithuanian:
žvaigždutė
Norwegian:
stjerne; —stjernes
Polish:
gwiazda
Portuguese (Brazil):
estrela
Portuguese (Portugal):
estrela
Romanian:
stea
Russian:
звёздочка; звезда
Slovak:
hviezdička
Slovenian:
zvezda
Swedish:
stjärna
Turkish:
yıldız
star4[staː]noun
a leading actor or actress or other well-known performer eg in sport etc Example: a film/television star; a football star; (also adjective) She has had many star rôles in films.
Arabic:
نَجْم رياضي أو سينمائي أو مَسْرَحي
Chinese (Simplified):
明星
Chinese (Traditional):
明星
Czech:
hvězda; hlavní role
Danish:
stjerne; -stjerne; stjerne-
Dutch:
ster
Estonian:
staar, -kuulsus
Finnish:
tähti
French:
vedette
German:
der Star, Star-…
Greek:
αστέρας, σταρ
Hungarian:
sztár
Icelandic:
stjarna
Indonesian:
bintang
Italian:
stella
Japanese:
スター
Korean:
(영화·스포츠 등의) 인기 배우, 에이스
Latvian:
slavenība; zvaigzne
Lithuanian:
žvaigždė; pagrindinis
Norwegian:
(film-, *idretts)stjerne; stjerne-
Polish:
gwiazda, gwiazdor
Portuguese (Brazil):
estrela
Portuguese (Portugal):
estrela
Romanian:
star, vedetă
Russian:
звезда
Slovak:
hviezda; hlavný
Slovenian:
zvezda
Swedish:
stjärna
Turkish:
star, yıldız
star1[staː]verb
to play a leading role in a play, film etc Example: She has starred in two recent films.
Arabic:
يَقومُ بِدَوْر البُطولَه في فِلْم سينمائي
Chinese (Simplified):
扮演主角
Chinese (Traditional):
扮演主角
Czech:
hrát hlavní roli
Danish:
have hovedrollen
Dutch:
als ster optreden
Estonian:
peaosa mängima
Finnish:
esiintyä pääosassa
French:
être la vedette de
German:
als Hauptdarsteller auftreten
Greek:
πρωταγωνιστώ
Hungarian:
főszerepet játszik
Icelandic:
leika aðalhlutverk í
Indonesian:
membintangi
Italian:
(essere fra gli interpreti principali)
Japanese:
主演する
Korean:
주연하다
Latvian:
tēlot galveno lomu
Lithuanian:
atlikti pagrindinį vaidmenį
Norwegian:
spille hovedrolle i
Polish:
grać główną rolę
Portuguese (Brazil):
estrelar
Portuguese (Portugal):
fazer o papel principal
Romanian:
a fi vedeta
Russian:
играть главную роль
Slovak:
hrať hlavnú úlohu
Slovenian:
igrati glavno vlogo
Swedish:
spela (ha) huvudrollen
Turkish:
baş rolü oynamak
star2[staː]verb
(of a film etc) to have (a certain actor etc) as its leading performer Example: The film starred Elvis Presley.
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.
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.
An object in the sky that sends out its own light, generated by nuclear reactions in its center. There are many billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
One of the four categories (quadrants) of the BCG growth-share matrix that represents the division within a company that has a large market share in a rapidly expanding
industry.
Investopedia Commentary
A star requires investment capital to expand continually within a fast growing industry, thus maintaining its advantage. Should the industry
mature with the star positioned as a leader, the star will transform into a cash cow.
Star Lake, NY (CDP, FIPS 70849) Location: 44.16017 N, 75.03754 W Population (1990): 1092 (580 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13690
Star City, WV (town, FIPS 76516) Location: 39.65936 N, 79.98659 W Population (1990): 1251 (685 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26505
Star City, IN Zip code(s): 46985
Star City, AR (city, FIPS 66440) Location: 33.94097 N, 91.84436 W Population (1990): 2138 (863 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71667
Star Prairie, WI (village, FIPS 76825) Location: 45.19831 N, 92.53179 W Population (1990): 507 (201 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54026
Star Tannery, VA Zip code(s): 22654
Star Harbor, TX (town, FIPS 70076) Location: 32.19375 N, 96.05574 W Population (1990): 368 (228 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Star, ID Zip code(s): 83669
Star, NC (town, FIPS 64580) Location: 35.40046 N, 79.78422 W Population (1990): 775 (318 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27356
Star, TX Zip code(s): 76880
Union Star, KY Zip code(s): 40171
Union Star, MO (town, FIPS 75130) Location: 39.97944 N, 94.59805 W Population (1990): 432 (193 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64494
Silver Star, MT Zip code(s): 59751
Rising Star, TX (town, FIPS 62252) Location: 32.09732 N, 98.96573 W Population (1990): 859 (526 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76471
Lone Star, TX (city, FIPS 43684) Location: 32.93740 N, 94.70851 W Population (1990): 1615 (739 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75668
Lone Star, SC Zip code(s): 29077
North Star, OH (village, FIPS 57064) Location: 40.32394 N, 84.56799 W Population (1990): 246 (84 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Lone Star, LA (CDP, FIPS 45267) Location: 29.92005 N, 90.34052 W Population (1990): 1367 (483 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Fairbanks North Star, AK (Borough, FIPS 90) Location: 64.84632 N, 146.64339 W Population (1990): 77720 (31823 housing units) Area: 19068.7 sq km (land), 210.4 sq km (water)
As"ter\ ([a^]s"t[~e]r), n. [L. aster aster, star, Gr. 'asth`r star. See Star.]1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy. 2. (Floriculture) A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
As"tral\, a. [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. ?: cf. F. astral. See Star.] Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. Shines only with an astral luster. --I. Taylor. Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. --Dryden. Astral lamp, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which the oil is contained. Astral spirits, spirits formerly supposed to live in the heavenly bodies or the a["e]rial regions, and represented in the Middle Ages as fallen angels, spirits of the dead, or spirits originating in fire.
As*trol"o*gy\ ([a^]s*tr[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [F. astrologie, L. astrologia, fr. Gr. 'astrologi`a, fr. 'astrolo`gos astronomer, astrologer; 'asth`r star + lo`gos discourse, le`gein to speak. See Star.] In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects. Note: Astrology was much in vogue during the Middle Ages, and became the parent of modern astronomy, as alchemy did of chemistry. It was divided into two kinds: judicial astrology, which assumed to foretell the fate and acts of nations and individuals, and natural astrology, which undertook to predict events of inanimate nature, such as changes of the weather, etc.
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