See Also: STAR(finance)
eve-star(dictionary)
pop star(dictionary)
one-star(dictionary)
co-star(2)(dictionary)
co-star(1)(dictionary)
Star Up(tourism)
Star(health)
star(1)(dictionary)
five-star(dictionary)

star (iou)



star verb. [st¨»:] Infl. -rr-. See also STARRED. L16.
[from STAR noun1.]
I. verb trans.
Mark (as) with a star or stars; bespangle (as) with stars; adorn with or with an ornament like a star. L16.
E. Young Like a sable curtain starr'd with gold. H. Corby The pale wild roses star the banks.
b. Distinguish by an affixed star or asterisk; single out for special notice or recommendation. E19.
G. B. Shaw Is the church a celebrated one?..Baedeker stars it. Henry Miller The bad ones are starred in red ink.
Fix as a star in the heavens; transform into a star. poet. rare. E17.
Make a radiating crack or fracture in (glass, ice, etc.). L18.
B. Garfield The third bullet starred the windshield.
a. With it: = sense 6 below. Only in 19.
b. Advertise as a film etc. star; give a star part to; (of a film etc.) present in a leading role. L19.
G. Greene It is an error..to star this player above..brilliant professionals. B. Guest A play starring Katharine Hepburn.
II. verb intrans.
Of a planet: be in the ascendant. Only in L16.
Appear as a star in a play, film, etc.; perform the leading part, feature as a leading performer. E19.
Dumfries Courier Carson starred on the right wing.
In pool and certain other games: buy (by placing a star against) an additional life or lives. M19.
Suffer a star-shaped crack or fracture. M19.
Which? Laminated glass..merely 'stars' around the point of impact.
starrer noun (a) rare a person who marks something with stars; (b) colloq. a film etc. which provides a leading role for a (specified) star: L19.