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Star

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. Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard.

3.

Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night.

4.

An actor who plays a principal role. Synonyms: lead, principal.

5.

A plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem.

6.

A performer who receives prominent billing. Synonym: headliner.

7.

A star-shaped character * used in printing. Synonym: asterisk.

8.

The topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub. Synonym: star topology.

adjective

1.

Indicating the most important performer or role. Synonyms: leading, prima, starring, stellar. "Prima ballerina" , "Prima donna" , "A star figure skater" , "The starring role" , "A stellar role" , "A stellar performance"

verb

(past & past part. starred; pres. part. starring)

1.

Feature as the star.

2.

Be the star in a performance.

3.

Mark with an asterisk. Synonym: asterisk.

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"Star" Quotes from Famous Books

... lady; a lovable and loving woman, in describing whose grey-green eyes and colour as of snow tinted with pomegranate, the older Tuscans would fain linger, comparing her to the new-budded rose, to the morning star, to the golden summer air, to the purity of snowflakes falling silently in a serene sky; but the sense of the divinity residing within her becomes too strong. From her eyes dart spirits who strike ...

— Euphorion - Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the - Renaissance - Vol. II • Vernon Lee

... charm of respectful adoration had lost its novelty, and once again his breast was racked by fitful fevers which could scarcely calm themselves even by conversion into sonnets. The one point of repose was that shining fixed star of marriage. Still smarting under Winifred's reproach of his unpoetic literality, he did not intend to force her to marry him exactly at the end of the twelve-month. But he was determined that she should have no later than this exact date for at least 'naming ...

— Victorian Short Stories • Various

... ever at my heart like an amulet. Other women might be fair, but my eyes never sought them; other voices might be sweet, but my ear never listened to them; other hands might be soft, but my lips never pressed them. She was the only woman in all my world—the only star in all my night—the one Eve of my ruined Paradise. In a word, I loved her—loved her, I think, more dearly ...

— In the Days of My Youth • Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards

... this dark period of time, a star—the star of dynamite—has risen for the oppressed; and among those who practise its use, so thick beset with dangers and attended by such incredible difficulties and disappointments, few have been more assiduous, and not many—' He paused, and a shade of embarrassment appeared upon his face—'not ...

— The Dynamiter • Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson

... certainly the ship will be my child, and all the dearer to me that she came to us from her I love. But don't say to me, 'Me you shan't have; you are not good enough for that; but there is a ship for you in my place.' I wouldn't accept a star out of the firmament ...

— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade

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