star
/stɑɹ/ verb B1- To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program. · She starred in dozens of silent movies.
- To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program. · The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.
- To mark with a star or asterisk.
- To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
- To shine like a star.
He/she/it stars · Past starred · Past participle starred · -ing form starring
Verb forms
- Base form
- star
- He/she/it
- stars
- Past
- starred
- Past participle
- starred
- -ing form
- starring
From the library
The thirty-two that we shall use tonight are its progeny; they are all entirely black, with the exception of a star upon the forehead.”
And the Star of the Sailor, and Mars,
Wary of the weather and steering by a star?
She came out of her reverie with a deep sigh and looked at him with the dreamy gaze of a soul that had been wondering afar, star-led.
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