star

Stars (1, 2).

Meanings

Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
An actor in a leading role.
An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
An asterisk (*).
A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
To mark with a star or asterisk.
To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
To shine like a star.

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra ("star"), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr ("star"). aster.
Cognate with Scots starn, ster, North Frisian steer, West Frisian stjer, Saterland Frisian Stiern, Dutch ster, Luxembourgish Stär, German Stern, Yiddish שטערן, Vilamovian śtaom, Swedish stjärna, Norwegian stjerne, Icelandic stjarna, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉, Spanish estrella, Portuguese estrela, Italian stella, Romanian stea, Occitan estela, Venetian stéła, Sicilian stidda, Sardinian isteddu, Mirandese streilha, Walloon sitoele, Romansch staila, Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă, Istriot stila, Istro-Romanian ste, Latin stēlla, Greek αστέρι, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ, Old Armenian աստղ, Persian ستاره, Tajik ситора, Pashto ستوری, Mazanderani اساره, Northern Kurdish stêr, Central Kurdish ئەستێرە, Zazaki astare, Ossetian стъалы, Hindi तारा, Urdu تارا, Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ, Gujarati તારો, Sanskrit तारा.

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