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Definition of star in English: starnounPlural stars stɑːstɑr 1A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. True stars were formerly known as the fixed stars, to distinguish them from the planets or wandering stars. They are gaseous spheres consisting primarily of hydrogen and helium, there being an equilibrium between the compressional force of gravity and the outward pressure of radiation resulting from internal thermonuclear fusion reactions. Some six thousand stars are visible to the naked eye, but there are actually more than a hundred thousand million in our own Galaxy, while billions of other galaxies are known Example sentencesExamples - Luminous stars flecked the black night sky like fireflies.
- A stellar-mass black hole forms when a heavy star collapses under its own weight in a supernova explosion.
- The group of astronomers studied a sample of 74 red supergiant stars in the Milky Way.
- Apart from the sun, our own star, the nearest star to us is Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light years away.
- The Sun will then continue its life as a red giant star, but not for long.
- But he visits one website and his declining star goes super nova.
- Later, astronomers further scrutinized this star with the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Previous attempts to measure a neutron star's redshift focused on a star with an enormous magnetic field.
- In the early 1800s William Herschel counted stars in different directions.
- This was done by using Hubble to peer halfway across the universe to find ancient exploding stars called supernovae.
- The red star below the saucepan is ‘Betelgeuse’ and is a supergiant star about 320 light years distant.
- The planet, more than twice the size of Jupiter, orbits two stars, a pulsar and a white dwarf that linked together about a billion years ago.
- This is an easy way to differentiate Mars or Saturn from the stars at night.
- Similarly Sirius, the most luminous star in all the heavens, actually has a faint companion.
- Astronomers know little about the strength of stellar winds around young stars and red dwarfs.
- Most neutron stars are created when a large star dies as a supernova.
- This new heat supply causes the outer layers of the star to expand and cool, and the star becomes a red giant, or a red supergiant if it is very massive.
- So next time you go out at night to watch the stars with a group of friends and you have to share the only telescope, be patient.
- Many planets have been found revolving around stars outside the Solar System.
- But Tarenghi is most thrilled about the observations of pulsating stars known as Cepheid variables.
Synonyms celestial body, heavenly body, sun asteroid, planet, planetoid literary orb 2A conventional or stylized representation of a star, typically having five or more points. the walls were painted with silver moons and stars Example sentencesExamples - The holographic head nodded, and I saw the huge star symbol on the pyramid had opened up.
- The stars bear symbols of hope, peace and love in 10 different languages.
- After all the star was the symbol of the St Lucia Labour Party.
- Inside the pages were blank, on the cover was the Pentagram, and by the right bottom point of the star, was the symbol Deas.
- Tikima was holding a small flag that read Celestias High and bore the Celestias High symbol, a star with wings on each side.
- The locations of the images of one of the two original samples are indicated by the other stars.
- There are five stars floating in a circle around her head.
- The comforter was a dark blue, with silver moons and lavender stars on it.
- This too is framed with metal and all along it has diamond shaped plates with a shining star symbol engraved in each diamond.
- From the angle he walked, Tal could make out the symbol of an eight-point star on the cape.
- The file was marked with the symbol of a four-pointed star and a cobra head on it.
- The symbols were a star, a triangle, a circle, a square, and wavy lines.
- The bed itself was a dark blue with silver moons and stars, much as the bed set she used for college.
- Some candidates have a ring of stars indicating they are running for Europe.
- The locations of two mutations that could not be recovered in vivo are indicated by solid stars.
- The upper triangle is red with a yellow bird of paradise; the lower triangle is black with five white stars representing the Southern Cross.
- At the top center of the outer ring is a crescent moon alongside five stars, representing the five tribes and the nation's Islamic heritage.
- She gave me her phone number in blue felt tip, with little blue stars by her name.
- The location of the Burgess fauna is indicated by a star on the continent of Laurentia (western North America).
- The dancers place the pots on their heads above festive symbols such as the star, sun, lotus, swastika etc.
- 2.1 A star-shaped symbol used to indicate a category of excellence.
the hotel has three stars as modifier MPs suggested giving ferries star ratings Example sentencesExamples - Overall, four and a half stars out of five for this performance.
- Two stars indicate sites that really must be visited; one star designates sites that should not be missed if you are in the area.
- The project received one star, in a system where no stars indicates poor and three excellent.
- Making a best and worst film list for the year is a task some critics love and I've usually avoided, for the same reason that I avoid giving ratings or stars.
- A children's sun spray from Nivea claimed a UVA star rating of three, yet the tests found it was two.
- The car scored five stars in the Euro NCAP crash tests.
- The Government has announced it is scrapping the star ratings system for NHS services and is considering a replacement.
- If you're planning to take the kids with you, Emirates has to be the choice because it rated five stars for assisting parents with children.
- If I had not tasted Sainsbury's, I would have awarded this five stars.
- Mr Skelton said the star ratings did not reflect the continuing hard work and commitment of staff.
- We would like to go further next year and get four or five stars if we can.
- I wonder to what heights a restaurant must climb in order for A A Gill to award it five stars?
- Wiltshire Ambulance has been awarded no stars in NHS performance ratings for two consecutive years after failing to meet response time targets.
- Gucci's Rush, which he gave five stars, smelt like ‘an infant's breath mixed with his mother's hair spray’.
- One of the problems with the star ratings is that the margin of failure needs only to be quite small for vital stars to be lost.
- Hence four stars, not five, for otherwise this is a terrific performance by the London Symphony Orchestra on its own label.
- He is the only man to have been awarded five stars on the Hollywood Walk of fame and this collection is a worthy testament to his singing talents.
- Local authorities can receive up to three stars - indicating excellent - for their performance.
- The star ratings, launched this year by the Department of Health, cover all councils in England with social services responsibilities.
- The star ratings were awarded after all trusts were assessed against key targets from April 2003 to March 2004.
- 2.2 An asterisk.
the captain has a star against his name Example sentencesExamples - Why is there a star next to some users' names on the active users lists?
- 2.3 A white patch on the forehead of a horse or other animal.
Example sentencesExamples - While Belochamp was almost a uniform gray except for his white mane and tail, Theram had a white star and stockings on both his hind legs.
- A horse, totally black except for a white star on his face came out, with his ears pinned.
- Benjy is black and white, Frankie is black/dark brown with a white tummy and a white star on her forehead.
- She paused to kiss Foxfire on the tip of her nose and ran a finger over the white star on her forehead.
- He had a large star on his forehead, and mane that looked as if it had been crimped.
- One had an unusual white star on its forehead; the other had a white splotch on its neck.
- One that was directly in front of me had a white star on his forehead.
- Riley nodded, then stopped at the stall of a black mare with a white star on her forehead.
- The third was named Tarin and was a black cat with a small, white star on the forehead.
- Mercy foaled, a beautiful filly with no star and white streaks in her mane and tail instead of flecks.
- Froney was Chell's favourite horse, a tall handsome energetic chestnut with a white star, who was always on the lookout for treats.
- The other horse was black, and had a white star on its nose.
- He was quite a tall and muscular chestnut with large brown eyes and white star on his forehead.
- One was black with a white star on its forehead, the other a chocolate brown.
- She was a black mare, with a white around her hooves and a white star on her forehead.
- 2.4usually as modifier A Y-shaped arrangement of three-phase electrical windings.
Example sentencesExamples - Transformers for 3-phase duty..may have both primary and secondary windings connected in delta or star.
- 2.5usually as modifier A data or communication network in which all nodes are independently connected to one central unit.
computers in a star layout Example sentencesExamples - Quantum cryptography is limited to use between two dedicated points, or perhaps around a star network.
- The theoretical maximum is the centralization that would be obtained in a perfectly centralized star network where the only interactions are a central individual talking to everyone else.
- All data transmission goes through the master in a star network topology.
3A very famous or talented entertainer or sports player. as modifier she got star treatment Example sentencesExamples - Ordinary Mayo sportspeople turned into sports stars of the same quality as Roy Keane or Eddie Irvine.
- Plus in the Democratic race, Bill Bradley gets a political assist from the biggest star in professional sports.
- Sport stars are big news these days, and not always for how they perform on the pitch, the track, the arena or in the pool or the ring.
- Well, former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco has said some of the biggest stars in his sport used steroids.
- In America, women players are genuine stars and the sport is far more established.
- He's a famous star, sees a big picture of himself as the limo drives him to his hotel, an ad of his pushing some kind of liquor.
- Ask them who their heroes are and they will all be ephemeral figures - stars of sport and pop music.
- Then, of course, he became the biggest rap star on the planet.
- Simon Cowell is the music mogul who has become a bigger star than the pop idols he helped create.
- Bob was enabled and allowed to pursue this kind of destructive behaviour because he was a minor TV star.
- Sports stars can be incredibly talented, innovative and breathtaking, but they're not geniuses.
- Pop and sports stars will get the message out on radio and TV, and schools are being asked to sign up to an anti-bullying Charter for Action.
- He persuaded a number of former TV child stars to play cameo roles in the movie.
- Principally, though, Save The Last Dance importantly heralded the arrival of Julia Stiles as an actress with genuine star quality.
- A crude, funny novel about a Texas football player who becomes a star in the Big Apple.
- The tennis star lost her U.S. Open quarter-final match against after the umpire appeared to make three erroneous calls that went against her.
- The leading aviators became as famous as sports stars and Hollywood actors.
- The man you saw on the screen was a down-to-earth, likeable guy who just happened to be a TV star.
- Oldfield was the biggest star of an emerging sport struggling to gain a foothold of legitimacy.
- In fact, they've issued subpoenas to some of the sport's biggest stars.
Synonyms principal, leading lady, leading man, lead, female lead, male lead, hero, heroine celebrity, superstar, name, big name, famous name, household name, somebody, someone, lion, leading light, celebutante, public figure, important person, VIP, personality, personage, notability, dignitary, worthy, grandee, luminary, panjandrum informal celeb, bigwig, big shot, big noise, big cheese, big gun, big fish, biggie, heavy, megastar British informal nob North American informal kahuna, macher, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck - 3.1 An outstandingly successful person or thing in a group.
he's a rising star in the party as modifier Elinor was a star pupil Example sentencesExamples - Alex, a lion who just loves his steak, is the star attraction at the New York Zoo.
- But, she was the star attraction of the day with students thronging to have a word with her.
- The rising star, a pupil at St Francis School, Maldon, was up against 300 other children in auditions last October.
- Emma - who the music press widely regard as one of the rising stars of the UK music scene - got her break when she performed on BBC Raw Talent.
- Former Miss Ireland Andrea Roche was billed as the star attraction but she was forced to cancel her Kerry visit at the last minute due to bereavement.
- Wallabies fullback Chris Latham will be the star attraction when the Bundaberg Rum Queensland Reds Tour hits the city next week.
- Richie Kavanagh was the star attraction last weekend in Kirwans.
- As a rising star in the early 1950s, he earned about £12 a week.
- The star attraction, however, is the amusement park, which the organisers claim to be the biggest mobile amusement park in the country.
- A star attraction was a bedroom suite designed by Royal furniture maker David Linley which sold for £19,200.
- The girl from Donegal is the star attraction and she will be joined by Derry country band New Moon as well as Mayo's own Marc Roberts.
- They have also sailed the seven seas as a star attraction on some of the world's greatest cruise liners including the QE2.
- Officials are particularly relieved that Sarah Teather, one of the party's rising stars, doubled her majority to hold Brent East.
- Petite Pooja Reddy is the rising star and the brightest hope in shooting arena.
- In this sort of form and in this kind of mood, McLaren could yet become the star attraction that was predicted when he was first making the breakthrough at Dundee United.
- I don't know why, but I liked Darlene even though Annette was supposed to be the star attraction.
- A tanker transformed into a luxury motor home by a North Yorkshire man was the star attraction at the Vintage Working Weekend at Hornby Castle near Bedale.
- Grace Knight was the star attraction with superb renditions of such classics as Fever, Crazy and Mamma He Treats Your Daughter Mean.
- But Ranthambore is more than just about tigers, although the striped beast is undoubtedly its star attraction.
- Frankie Dettori is the star attraction at Folkestone, and he has a host of eye-catching mounts, the majority trained by David Loder at Newmarket.
4Astrology
A planet, constellation, or configuration regarded as influencing a person's fortunes or personality. his golf destiny was written in the stars Example sentencesExamples - So it's incredible to think that millions of people from housewives to world leaders rely on the stars to determine their fortune, financial or otherwise.
- Castor's skill with horses is said to be shared by those born under the influence of the star.
- No-one could escape the influence of the stars, he was alleged to be telling them, and it was therefore as well to know one's own future from a chart-reading.
- Cavalcanti berated the philosopher for giving so much consideration to the influence of the stars.
Synonyms horoscope, forecast, augury - 4.1starsinformal A horoscope published in a newspaper or magazine.
Example sentencesExamples - They believe and accept the predestined future written in their horoscope or stars, that regardless of their effort whatever has to happen will happen.
- It is so strange and I think it has something to do with the stars, I mean horoscope.
Synonyms horoscope, forecast, augury dated nativity
5Used in names of starfishes and similar echinoderms with five or more radiating arms, e.g. cushion star, brittlestar. Example sentencesExamples - How a star avoids the limelight: some echinoderms have thousands of eyes on their backs.
verbstarring, stars, starred stɑːstɑr [with object]1(of a film, play, or other show) have (someone) as a principal performer. a film starring Liza Minnelli Example sentencesExamples - Adapted by Simon Moore the gripping play will star Helen Norton as Annie Wilkes and Jonathan Ryan as Paul Sheldon.
- Freaky Friday doesn't bring anything new to the genre - it's a remake of a 1976 film starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster - but gets by on sparky performances from its leads.
- Eventually he found work with the BBC and in 1998 his first major work, a comedy drama called The Theory of Flight, was made into a film starring Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter.
- Martin's previous works include Mary Reilly, a reworking of the Jekyll and Hyde story from the perspective of a housemaid, which was made into a 1996 film starring Julia Roberts.
- Sidney Lumet's unforgettable film starring Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb is a celluloid classic, a whodunit in which we never see the crime, the victim or the accused.
- The play originally starred John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, and was a huge success.
- Louis Begley is perhaps currently best known as the author of About Schmidt, the novel from which the recent acclaimed film starring Jack Nicholson was adapted.
- Manuel Puig's thought-provoking play was adapted for the Oscar-winning film starring William Hurt and Raul Julia.
- I've never actually seen a movie or television show starring Amanda Bynes, but a little Web search reveals that the teenager has been busy.
- The calendar, which has raised £1 million for Leukaemia Research, went on to be made into a block-busting film starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters.
- While in New York, he bumped into David Rubinoff, the playwright responsible for Stuck, a one-man show starring Sean Power that Zotter had seen and loved in Toronto.
- Two years later it was made into a Hollywood film starring Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Anjelica Huston, Shirley MacLaine and Daryl Hannah.
- When I was 4, I went backstage at a play starring Tony Robinson.
- Premiering at the Public Theatre last summer, the play originally starred Jeffrey Wright as Lincoln and Don Cheadle as Booth.
- Dennis Lehane's Mystic River was made into a film starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and Laura Linney.
- It is a literary event that crowns his trilogy of epic books about America culminating in The Human Stain (poorly adapted last year as a film starring Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins).
- Eighties pop-lit sensation Jay McInerney penned the novel -, which was made into a film starring Michael J. Fox in 1988.
- Generations of school pupils have studied the American tale of injustice and prejudice in Depression-era Alabama while the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck is an enduring classic.
- The play starring Anna Manahan and Des Keogh is a much-loved favourite not only in the county but internationally and was recently nominated for an outer critic circle award in New York.
- Richmal Crompton's famous stories of high-spirited tearaway William Brown were first adapted for television in a 1951 BBC play starring Robert Sandford.
- 1.1no object (of a performer) have a principal role in a film, play, or other show.
McQueen had starred in such epics as The Magnificent Seven Example sentencesExamples - The actor has also starred in TV shows Two Pints of Larger and a Packet of Crisps, and Paradise Heights.
- The Glenrothes-born actor has also starred in films such as Mission Impossible II and Ripley's Game.
- Pickwick first ran in 1963 in London's West End when Sir Harry Secombe starred in the title role.
- The Bachchans appeared on the big screen after a gap of 20 years when they starred in record-breaking film Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham in 2001.
- Outside the Pacific Rim, however, the majority of films with women starring in action roles have died a sad death at the box office.
- Richard has also played various roles on stage and even starred in a short film shot on location in Laois.
- The actress starred in more than 50 movies over the course of her 11-year career.
- One of the alleged victims is the indigenous actor Tommy Lewis, who later starred in the Australian film The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.
- The actress has starred in films such as Something About Mary, Vanilla Sky and last year's epic Gangs of New York and is one of Tinseltown's hottest stars.
- I'm one of three rappers starring in the film Rap Dreams, directed by Kevin Epps.
- In 1986, she starred in the title role in Trevor Nunn's film Lady Jane, about the ill-fated nine-day queen, Lady Jane Grey.
- Some of the actors starred in the society's first play, the Greek tragedy ‘Agamemnon’ held back in December.
- The Walsall-born actor has starred in numerous hit shows including Babyfather, Silent Witness and Cutting It.
- Hashmi has starred in a dozen films since his 2003 debut role.
- She is well qualified for the role, having already starred in the ABC-TV biopic The Audrey Hepburn Story.
- He began his career in Shakespearean stage roles, then starred in David Lynch's Dune, Blue Velvet and, perhaps most famously, Twin Peaks.
- This is the actress who, in 1956 at the wee age of 10, starred in the lead role of The Bad Seed - now widely regarded as a major landmark in the horror genre.
- Christopher Plummer starred in the title role, for which he won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical.
- The actor starred in Yes Minister and the follow-up comedy Yes Prime Minister with the late Nigel Hawthorne and the late Paul Eddington during the 1980s.
- He has appeared in soaps and cable movies and, on the back of his role in Friends, starred in the sci-fi remake Lost In Space and the family comedy Ed.
- 1.2no object Perform exceptionally in a game or other event.
Beckham starred in the win over Leeds Example sentencesExamples - O'Reilly, who has latterly starred in central defence and up front for the Pikes, was not to be suppressed from his role in centre midfield.
- Last Wednesday they fell to Antrim 2-1, a game in which Seamus starred.
- So I had a lot of motivation, getting to start in a game like that with the players that were starring in the game and in front of my home fans.
- Of the countless players he has nurtured he cited Neil Grayson, currently starring in Cheltenham's Third Division play-off push, as the best he has worked with.
- Visitors were able to star on their own front page as well as see other elements of the company's prepress and design operations.
- Jackson starred for Australia in the Olympics, leading her country to a silver medal.
- In game after game he starred in the green and white jersey and he always led the side by example.
- Chris Sutton, of course, starred in that earlier game.
- Rowntree Park should take fourth spot after their win at New Earswick where John Neary and Sandra Robinson starred for Park winning 29 games.
- Remarkably still only 21, the man with the size 17 feet already has three Olympic gold medals and two silvers under his belt after starring in front of his home crowd in Sydney four years ago.
- The Czechs were the first team into the last eight with victories over the Latvians and Dutch and starred in easily the best game of this championship and one of the top all-time matches.
- Harrison is the team's lead driver, a triple British champion, who starred in Macau last year, breaking the super production touring car lap record in the prestigious Guia race.
- Not all video games star muscle-bound, gun-wielding action heroes out for vengeance.
- If things don't work out he is more likely to star on the front pages than the back.
- Even though they lost two recent games, one against Tulsa and to Harvard, she starred in both games.
- On the sporting front this week the Camlough Park Kids starred for Bessbrook United's junior team.
- Wheatcroft is now starring on loan for North West neighbours Rochdale in the Third Division, having scored three goals in just six games.
- Starks starred in both Jazz games against the Knicks this season.
- They won their last ten games with Castlebar native senior student, Siobhan Kilkenny, starring in their wins.
- He participated in (even starred in) many events for our organizations.
2Decorate or cover with star-shaped marks or objects. thick grass starred with flowers Example sentencesExamples - His pictures have an appeal beyond the visual, conjuring up the almost tropical heat, the lush green of hedgerows starred with flowers, the scent of fresh grass and the choral chirping of insects.
- 2.1 Mark (something) for special notice or recommendation with an asterisk or other star-shaped symbol.
the activities listed below are starred according to their fitness ratings Michelin-starred restaurants Example sentencesExamples - Items are starred according to their relative importance and whether the committee is recommended to approve the action or policy, or to provide comment.
- Hotels in France are regulated and starred according to price, so rates are posted up front, helping to avoid the price-comparison and guessing game you often have to play in the States.
Phrases Be idealistically hopeful about one's future. a singer selected from hundreds of applicants with stars in their eyes Example sentencesExamples - Children had stars in their eyes at a special award ceremony in Farnworth when they were joined by a pop star.
- Let me make this clear: I do not have stars in my eyes.
- For a brief time, Fish has stars in his eyes but soon realizes it's a kind of bribe.
- If she were a cartoon character, she'd have stars in her eyes.
- The fair, willowy girl had stars in her eyes when at the age of twenty, she was married to the tall and handsome young man with a four-figure salary.
- Fred naturally takes the opportunity to romance Lady Alyce, who still has stars in her eyes over his supposed leap.
- ‘A lot of these kids have stars in their eyes thinking they can live the life of a rock star right away, but you have to pay for everything in the end,’ he says.
- And he does not expect all his pupils to have stars in their eyes.
- Now Stephen has stars in his eyes because Mem is expecting their first child.
- Cotswold 16-year-olds had stars in their eyes after scooping a hatful of top grades in their GCSE results.
dated, informal An expression of astonishment. my stars, has everybody got you wrong! Example sentencesExamples - "I very clearly remember saying, ‘Oh my stars,’" she recalls.
Have high or ambitious aims. ever since Cooke told him he was too small to play, the flanker has reached for the stars Example sentencesExamples - Loach's poor may be downtrodden, but given a chance they will still reach for the stars.
- But he ended up reaching for the stars in a more glamorous way as Queen's guitarist when the band zoomed into orbit as one of the most successful acts in the history of music.
- And Diamond got a chance to reach for the stars after Miami inventor Ivan Yaeger heard about her disability.
- Talented stage acts in Trowbridge are being given the chance to reach for the stars in a major national competition.
- The real Alison Hargreaves overcame everything thrown in her path, put up with the disappointments and still reached for the stars.
- Four talented youngsters from Bolton are reaching for the stars after winning the first leg of an X-Factor style contest.
- Still, Fordyce's character, enslaved by her call centre job, must keep reaching for the stars.
- As a young person growing up in society, she said the speech motivated her to be the best she could, reach for the stars and still help others along the way.
- There is a romantic side to our nature which rejects convention and reaches for the stars.
- Pop fan Katie Storey is reaching for the stars after winning a competition to watch the sparkling Christmas lights in Oxford Street being switched on by some of her pop idols.
- Other members of the Sellers family, including Piers's mother Lindsey, 73, and brother Guy, have been invited to the space centre to watch the astronaut reach for the stars.
- Pupils attending a workshop at a Bradford school yesterday were reaching for the stars when a rocket scientist dropped in to give a lesson in rocket-making.
- The former Heriot's flanker knows he is reaching for the stars at Headingley today.
- While she may be reaching for the stars, Jacinta has her feet firmly planted on the ground and is hoping for a good result.
- It's the one common thread in us all that keeps us looking for cures for Aids and other diseases as well as reaching for the stars.
- The concert was a stepping stone for the fulfilment of dreams of 88 children who will represent India at the Special Olympics World Games 2003 and aspire to reach for the stars.
- Few people thought the government would totally end child poverty, but in reaching for the stars there was some hope they might hit the top of the tree.
- I was not reaching for the stars, I just wanted to keep myself financially by acting.
- I keep my feet on the ground, but keep reaching for the stars.
- Humanity began to reach for the stars, and the race was on to achieve a series of firsts in a new category.
Seem to see flashes of light, especially as a result of being hit on the head. Example sentencesExamples - I was seeing stars by this stage, so I was pleased when time ran out and the lights on the court went out.
- He and Jackie McNamara were booked for squaring up to each other on the halfway line, and the Canadian must have been seeing stars when Bobo Balde later clattered into him.
- No seat-belts then, of course; my head bounced off the windscreen and I saw stars briefly for the first time, and my knees jammed hard against the fascia, but no blood.
- I teetered back, stunned for a second, seeing stars.
- She twisted her body to compensate as she was thrown and landed awkwardly on her chest, leaving her retching for breath and seeing stars.
- The challenger will have a big man's punching chance, but the likelihood is that Lewis will show his mean side, and that Klitschko will end up seeing stars.
- In 37 minutes a short free kick was played into the path of Jack Ross whose 20-yard thunderbolt left Stuart Taylor seeing stars.
- ‘It was the only time he made me see stars,’ said Young afterwards.
- What causes you to see stars after a hard blow to the head?
- Admittedly the Irish fly-half was not clocked so badly that he saw stars, but the Hughenden crowd might just have witnessed one in the making.
- Most customers who walk into a mall to buy a PC come out seeing stars by the time they're out thanks to the overload of technical jargon that is thrown at them.
- Mr. Crich testified that after the assault he was dazed and seeing stars as blood ran into his eyes and down the side of his face.
- He butted me quite intentionally and from there on in I was actually seeing stars a bit.
- I looked at the person who bumped into me, wishing I could slam his head against one of the lockers (luckily for him, I was still seeing stars and thus couldn't focus).
- Taking a running dive, I narrowly missed being hit by it, and instead found myself back on the grass, seeing stars as pain rushed through my battered body.
- ‘I was seeing stars and trying to stem the blood coming from my head,’ he said.
- I was seeing stars, the pain was indescribable, so I won't go into any more detail.
- The visual changes included seeing stars and bright lights, occasionally with accompanying nonspecific dizziness.
- If it is night and there is a sudden blackout, I won't get the usual experiences; if as I swivel the roof falls in and knocks me unconscious, I won't enjoy any experiences at all, except perhaps briefly seeing stars.
- Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis promised thunder and lightning when he faced challenger Hasim Rahman for their title fight at Carnival City here yesterday morning, but instead he was the one who ended up seeing stars.
informal Used to praise someone's efforts, especially by way of thanks. Example sentencesExamples
Origin Old English steorra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ster, German Stern, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin stella and Greek astēr. The Latin word stella ‘star’, which gave us star constellation (Middle English) and stellar (mid 17th century), was related to the two Greek equivalents, astēr and astron, the source of words such as asterisk and astrology (Late Middle English). The latter is the source of expressions such as thank your lucky stars found from the late 16th century. Star did not apply to famous or talented entertainers until the beginning of the 19th century. Eventually a star was not big or glittering enough, and superstar was coined around 1925, followed by megastar in 1976. See also hitch
Rhymes aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah Definition of star in US English: starnounstärstɑr 1A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. True stars were formerly known as the fixed stars, to distinguish them from the planets or wandering stars. They are gaseous spheres consisting primarily of hydrogen and helium, there being an equilibrium between the compressional force of gravity and the outward pressure of radiation resulting from internal thermonuclear fusion reactions. Some six thousand stars are visible to the naked eye, but there are actually more than a hundred billion in our own Galaxy, while billions of other galaxies are known Example sentencesExamples - Luminous stars flecked the black night sky like fireflies.
- This was done by using Hubble to peer halfway across the universe to find ancient exploding stars called supernovae.
- But he visits one website and his declining star goes super nova.
- Most neutron stars are created when a large star dies as a supernova.
- Similarly Sirius, the most luminous star in all the heavens, actually has a faint companion.
- The Sun will then continue its life as a red giant star, but not for long.
- Many planets have been found revolving around stars outside the Solar System.
- In the early 1800s William Herschel counted stars in different directions.
- So next time you go out at night to watch the stars with a group of friends and you have to share the only telescope, be patient.
- Apart from the sun, our own star, the nearest star to us is Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light years away.
- This is an easy way to differentiate Mars or Saturn from the stars at night.
- But Tarenghi is most thrilled about the observations of pulsating stars known as Cepheid variables.
- A stellar-mass black hole forms when a heavy star collapses under its own weight in a supernova explosion.
- Later, astronomers further scrutinized this star with the Hubble Space Telescope.
- This new heat supply causes the outer layers of the star to expand and cool, and the star becomes a red giant, or a red supergiant if it is very massive.
- Astronomers know little about the strength of stellar winds around young stars and red dwarfs.
- Previous attempts to measure a neutron star's redshift focused on a star with an enormous magnetic field.
- The planet, more than twice the size of Jupiter, orbits two stars, a pulsar and a white dwarf that linked together about a billion years ago.
- The red star below the saucepan is ‘Betelgeuse’ and is a supergiant star about 320 light years distant.
- The group of astronomers studied a sample of 74 red supergiant stars in the Milky Way.
Synonyms celestial body, heavenly body, sun 2A conventional or stylized representation of a star, typically one having five or more points. the walls were painted with silver moons and stars Example sentencesExamples - The location of the Burgess fauna is indicated by a star on the continent of Laurentia (western North America).
- The symbols were a star, a triangle, a circle, a square, and wavy lines.
- The locations of the images of one of the two original samples are indicated by the other stars.
- The file was marked with the symbol of a four-pointed star and a cobra head on it.
- There are five stars floating in a circle around her head.
- This too is framed with metal and all along it has diamond shaped plates with a shining star symbol engraved in each diamond.
- After all the star was the symbol of the St Lucia Labour Party.
- Tikima was holding a small flag that read Celestias High and bore the Celestias High symbol, a star with wings on each side.
- The holographic head nodded, and I saw the huge star symbol on the pyramid had opened up.
- The stars bear symbols of hope, peace and love in 10 different languages.
- The upper triangle is red with a yellow bird of paradise; the lower triangle is black with five white stars representing the Southern Cross.
- Inside the pages were blank, on the cover was the Pentagram, and by the right bottom point of the star, was the symbol Deas.
- The locations of two mutations that could not be recovered in vivo are indicated by solid stars.
- The comforter was a dark blue, with silver moons and lavender stars on it.
- The bed itself was a dark blue with silver moons and stars, much as the bed set she used for college.
- Some candidates have a ring of stars indicating they are running for Europe.
- At the top center of the outer ring is a crescent moon alongside five stars, representing the five tribes and the nation's Islamic heritage.
- The dancers place the pots on their heads above festive symbols such as the star, sun, lotus, swastika etc.
- She gave me her phone number in blue felt tip, with little blue stars by her name.
- From the angle he walked, Tal could make out the symbol of an eight-point star on the cape.
- 2.1 A star symbol used to indicate a category of excellence.
the hotel has three stars Example sentencesExamples - He is the only man to have been awarded five stars on the Hollywood Walk of fame and this collection is a worthy testament to his singing talents.
- If I had not tasted Sainsbury's, I would have awarded this five stars.
- Local authorities can receive up to three stars - indicating excellent - for their performance.
- The Government has announced it is scrapping the star ratings system for NHS services and is considering a replacement.
- A children's sun spray from Nivea claimed a UVA star rating of three, yet the tests found it was two.
- Two stars indicate sites that really must be visited; one star designates sites that should not be missed if you are in the area.
- Gucci's Rush, which he gave five stars, smelt like ‘an infant's breath mixed with his mother's hair spray’.
- Mr Skelton said the star ratings did not reflect the continuing hard work and commitment of staff.
- Making a best and worst film list for the year is a task some critics love and I've usually avoided, for the same reason that I avoid giving ratings or stars.
- If you're planning to take the kids with you, Emirates has to be the choice because it rated five stars for assisting parents with children.
- I wonder to what heights a restaurant must climb in order for A A Gill to award it five stars?
- Wiltshire Ambulance has been awarded no stars in NHS performance ratings for two consecutive years after failing to meet response time targets.
- We would like to go further next year and get four or five stars if we can.
- Hence four stars, not five, for otherwise this is a terrific performance by the London Symphony Orchestra on its own label.
- The star ratings, launched this year by the Department of Health, cover all councils in England with social services responsibilities.
- Overall, four and a half stars out of five for this performance.
- The car scored five stars in the Euro NCAP crash tests.
- One of the problems with the star ratings is that the margin of failure needs only to be quite small for vital stars to be lost.
- The star ratings were awarded after all trusts were assessed against key targets from April 2003 to March 2004.
- The project received one star, in a system where no stars indicates poor and three excellent.
- 2.2 An asterisk.
Example sentencesExamples - Why is there a star next to some users' names on the active users lists?
- 2.3 A white patch on the forehead of a horse or other animal.
Example sentencesExamples - He had a large star on his forehead, and mane that looked as if it had been crimped.
- Riley nodded, then stopped at the stall of a black mare with a white star on her forehead.
- She was a black mare, with a white around her hooves and a white star on her forehead.
- While Belochamp was almost a uniform gray except for his white mane and tail, Theram had a white star and stockings on both his hind legs.
- She paused to kiss Foxfire on the tip of her nose and ran a finger over the white star on her forehead.
- One was black with a white star on its forehead, the other a chocolate brown.
- One that was directly in front of me had a white star on his forehead.
- The other horse was black, and had a white star on its nose.
- Benjy is black and white, Frankie is black/dark brown with a white tummy and a white star on her forehead.
- The third was named Tarin and was a black cat with a small, white star on the forehead.
- Mercy foaled, a beautiful filly with no star and white streaks in her mane and tail instead of flecks.
- One had an unusual white star on its forehead; the other had a white splotch on its neck.
- He was quite a tall and muscular chestnut with large brown eyes and white star on his forehead.
- Froney was Chell's favourite horse, a tall handsome energetic chestnut with a white star, who was always on the lookout for treats.
- A horse, totally black except for a white star on his face came out, with his ears pinned.
- 2.4usually as modifier A data or communication network in which all nodes are independently connected to one central unit.
computers in a star layout Example sentencesExamples - All data transmission goes through the master in a star network topology.
- The theoretical maximum is the centralization that would be obtained in a perfectly centralized star network where the only interactions are a central individual talking to everyone else.
- Quantum cryptography is limited to use between two dedicated points, or perhaps around a star network.
3A famous or exceptionally talented performer in the world of entertainment or sports. as modifier singers of star quality Example sentencesExamples - Simon Cowell is the music mogul who has become a bigger star than the pop idols he helped create.
- Plus in the Democratic race, Bill Bradley gets a political assist from the biggest star in professional sports.
- The man you saw on the screen was a down-to-earth, likeable guy who just happened to be a TV star.
- He persuaded a number of former TV child stars to play cameo roles in the movie.
- Ordinary Mayo sportspeople turned into sports stars of the same quality as Roy Keane or Eddie Irvine.
- Sports stars can be incredibly talented, innovative and breathtaking, but they're not geniuses.
- Pop and sports stars will get the message out on radio and TV, and schools are being asked to sign up to an anti-bullying Charter for Action.
- A crude, funny novel about a Texas football player who becomes a star in the Big Apple.
- Then, of course, he became the biggest rap star on the planet.
- In fact, they've issued subpoenas to some of the sport's biggest stars.
- Well, former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco has said some of the biggest stars in his sport used steroids.
- The tennis star lost her U.S. Open quarter-final match against after the umpire appeared to make three erroneous calls that went against her.
- Principally, though, Save The Last Dance importantly heralded the arrival of Julia Stiles as an actress with genuine star quality.
- Sport stars are big news these days, and not always for how they perform on the pitch, the track, the arena or in the pool or the ring.
- Bob was enabled and allowed to pursue this kind of destructive behaviour because he was a minor TV star.
- Ask them who their heroes are and they will all be ephemeral figures - stars of sport and pop music.
- In America, women players are genuine stars and the sport is far more established.
- Oldfield was the biggest star of an emerging sport struggling to gain a foothold of legitimacy.
- He's a famous star, sees a big picture of himself as the limo drives him to his hotel, an ad of his pushing some kind of liquor.
- The leading aviators became as famous as sports stars and Hollywood actors.
Synonyms principal, leading lady, leading man, lead, female lead, male lead, hero, heroine celebrity, superstar, name, big name, famous name, household name, somebody, someone, lion, leading light, celebutante, public figure, important person, vip, personality, personage, notability, dignitary, worthy, grandee, luminary, panjandrum - 3.1 An outstandingly good or successful person or thing in a group.
a rising star in the party as modifier Ellen was a star student Example sentencesExamples - Alex, a lion who just loves his steak, is the star attraction at the New York Zoo.
- But, she was the star attraction of the day with students thronging to have a word with her.
- The girl from Donegal is the star attraction and she will be joined by Derry country band New Moon as well as Mayo's own Marc Roberts.
- Frankie Dettori is the star attraction at Folkestone, and he has a host of eye-catching mounts, the majority trained by David Loder at Newmarket.
- As a rising star in the early 1950s, he earned about £12 a week.
- In this sort of form and in this kind of mood, McLaren could yet become the star attraction that was predicted when he was first making the breakthrough at Dundee United.
- Emma - who the music press widely regard as one of the rising stars of the UK music scene - got her break when she performed on BBC Raw Talent.
- Petite Pooja Reddy is the rising star and the brightest hope in shooting arena.
- The rising star, a pupil at St Francis School, Maldon, was up against 300 other children in auditions last October.
- A star attraction was a bedroom suite designed by Royal furniture maker David Linley which sold for £19,200.
- Grace Knight was the star attraction with superb renditions of such classics as Fever, Crazy and Mamma He Treats Your Daughter Mean.
- A tanker transformed into a luxury motor home by a North Yorkshire man was the star attraction at the Vintage Working Weekend at Hornby Castle near Bedale.
- Wallabies fullback Chris Latham will be the star attraction when the Bundaberg Rum Queensland Reds Tour hits the city next week.
- I don't know why, but I liked Darlene even though Annette was supposed to be the star attraction.
- They have also sailed the seven seas as a star attraction on some of the world's greatest cruise liners including the QE2.
- The star attraction, however, is the amusement park, which the organisers claim to be the biggest mobile amusement park in the country.
- Officials are particularly relieved that Sarah Teather, one of the party's rising stars, doubled her majority to hold Brent East.
- But Ranthambore is more than just about tigers, although the striped beast is undoubtedly its star attraction.
- Richie Kavanagh was the star attraction last weekend in Kirwans.
- Former Miss Ireland Andrea Roche was billed as the star attraction but she was forced to cancel her Kerry visit at the last minute due to bereavement.
4Astrology
A planet, constellation, or configuration regarded as influencing someone's fortunes or personality. his golf destiny was written in the stars Example sentencesExamples - No-one could escape the influence of the stars, he was alleged to be telling them, and it was therefore as well to know one's own future from a chart-reading.
- Cavalcanti berated the philosopher for giving so much consideration to the influence of the stars.
- Castor's skill with horses is said to be shared by those born under the influence of the star.
- So it's incredible to think that millions of people from housewives to world leaders rely on the stars to determine their fortune, financial or otherwise.
Synonyms horoscope, forecast, augury - 4.1starsinformal A horoscope published in a newspaper or magazine.
Example sentencesExamples - They believe and accept the predestined future written in their horoscope or stars, that regardless of their effort whatever has to happen will happen.
- It is so strange and I think it has something to do with the stars, I mean horoscope.
Synonyms horoscope, forecast, augury
verbstärstɑr [with object]1(of a movie, play, or other show) have (someone) as a principal performer. a film starring Liza Minnelli Example sentencesExamples - Martin's previous works include Mary Reilly, a reworking of the Jekyll and Hyde story from the perspective of a housemaid, which was made into a 1996 film starring Julia Roberts.
- The play originally starred John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, and was a huge success.
- Freaky Friday doesn't bring anything new to the genre - it's a remake of a 1976 film starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster - but gets by on sparky performances from its leads.
- Manuel Puig's thought-provoking play was adapted for the Oscar-winning film starring William Hurt and Raul Julia.
- The play starring Anna Manahan and Des Keogh is a much-loved favourite not only in the county but internationally and was recently nominated for an outer critic circle award in New York.
- When I was 4, I went backstage at a play starring Tony Robinson.
- Two years later it was made into a Hollywood film starring Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Anjelica Huston, Shirley MacLaine and Daryl Hannah.
- Richmal Crompton's famous stories of high-spirited tearaway William Brown were first adapted for television in a 1951 BBC play starring Robert Sandford.
- The calendar, which has raised £1 million for Leukaemia Research, went on to be made into a block-busting film starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters.
- Adapted by Simon Moore the gripping play will star Helen Norton as Annie Wilkes and Jonathan Ryan as Paul Sheldon.
- It is a literary event that crowns his trilogy of epic books about America culminating in The Human Stain (poorly adapted last year as a film starring Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins).
- Louis Begley is perhaps currently best known as the author of About Schmidt, the novel from which the recent acclaimed film starring Jack Nicholson was adapted.
- Premiering at the Public Theatre last summer, the play originally starred Jeffrey Wright as Lincoln and Don Cheadle as Booth.
- I've never actually seen a movie or television show starring Amanda Bynes, but a little Web search reveals that the teenager has been busy.
- Sidney Lumet's unforgettable film starring Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb is a celluloid classic, a whodunit in which we never see the crime, the victim or the accused.
- Eventually he found work with the BBC and in 1998 his first major work, a comedy drama called The Theory of Flight, was made into a film starring Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter.
- Dennis Lehane's Mystic River was made into a film starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and Laura Linney.
- Eighties pop-lit sensation Jay McInerney penned the novel -, which was made into a film starring Michael J. Fox in 1988.
- While in New York, he bumped into David Rubinoff, the playwright responsible for Stuck, a one-man show starring Sean Power that Zotter had seen and loved in Toronto.
- Generations of school pupils have studied the American tale of injustice and prejudice in Depression-era Alabama while the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck is an enduring classic.
- 1.1no object (of a performer) have a principal role in a movie, play, or other show.
McQueen had starred in such epics as The Magnificent Seven Example sentencesExamples - The actress has starred in films such as Something About Mary, Vanilla Sky and last year's epic Gangs of New York and is one of Tinseltown's hottest stars.
- Richard has also played various roles on stage and even starred in a short film shot on location in Laois.
- She is well qualified for the role, having already starred in the ABC-TV biopic The Audrey Hepburn Story.
- One of the alleged victims is the indigenous actor Tommy Lewis, who later starred in the Australian film The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.
- Christopher Plummer starred in the title role, for which he won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical.
- This is the actress who, in 1956 at the wee age of 10, starred in the lead role of The Bad Seed - now widely regarded as a major landmark in the horror genre.
- In 1986, she starred in the title role in Trevor Nunn's film Lady Jane, about the ill-fated nine-day queen, Lady Jane Grey.
- The Bachchans appeared on the big screen after a gap of 20 years when they starred in record-breaking film Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham in 2001.
- Hashmi has starred in a dozen films since his 2003 debut role.
- The actor starred in Yes Minister and the follow-up comedy Yes Prime Minister with the late Nigel Hawthorne and the late Paul Eddington during the 1980s.
- The actress starred in more than 50 movies over the course of her 11-year career.
- The actor has also starred in TV shows Two Pints of Larger and a Packet of Crisps, and Paradise Heights.
- Some of the actors starred in the society's first play, the Greek tragedy ‘Agamemnon’ held back in December.
- The Glenrothes-born actor has also starred in films such as Mission Impossible II and Ripley's Game.
- The Walsall-born actor has starred in numerous hit shows including Babyfather, Silent Witness and Cutting It.
- I'm one of three rappers starring in the film Rap Dreams, directed by Kevin Epps.
- Pickwick first ran in 1963 in London's West End when Sir Harry Secombe starred in the title role.
- He began his career in Shakespearean stage roles, then starred in David Lynch's Dune, Blue Velvet and, perhaps most famously, Twin Peaks.
- He has appeared in soaps and cable movies and, on the back of his role in Friends, starred in the sci-fi remake Lost In Space and the family comedy Ed.
- Outside the Pacific Rim, however, the majority of films with women starring in action roles have died a sad death at the box office.
- 1.2no object (of a person) perform brilliantly or prominently in a particular endeavor or event.
Vitt starred at third base for the Detroit Tigers Example sentencesExamples - Harrison is the team's lead driver, a triple British champion, who starred in Macau last year, breaking the super production touring car lap record in the prestigious Guia race.
- Even though they lost two recent games, one against Tulsa and to Harvard, she starred in both games.
- Wheatcroft is now starring on loan for North West neighbours Rochdale in the Third Division, having scored three goals in just six games.
- He participated in (even starred in) many events for our organizations.
- O'Reilly, who has latterly starred in central defence and up front for the Pikes, was not to be suppressed from his role in centre midfield.
- On the sporting front this week the Camlough Park Kids starred for Bessbrook United's junior team.
- Of the countless players he has nurtured he cited Neil Grayson, currently starring in Cheltenham's Third Division play-off push, as the best he has worked with.
- Last Wednesday they fell to Antrim 2-1, a game in which Seamus starred.
- Not all video games star muscle-bound, gun-wielding action heroes out for vengeance.
- Jackson starred for Australia in the Olympics, leading her country to a silver medal.
- So I had a lot of motivation, getting to start in a game like that with the players that were starring in the game and in front of my home fans.
- In game after game he starred in the green and white jersey and he always led the side by example.
- Chris Sutton, of course, starred in that earlier game.
- Visitors were able to star on their own front page as well as see other elements of the company's prepress and design operations.
- They won their last ten games with Castlebar native senior student, Siobhan Kilkenny, starring in their wins.
- If things don't work out he is more likely to star on the front pages than the back.
- Starks starred in both Jazz games against the Knicks this season.
- Remarkably still only 21, the man with the size 17 feet already has three Olympic gold medals and two silvers under his belt after starring in front of his home crowd in Sydney four years ago.
- Rowntree Park should take fourth spot after their win at New Earswick where John Neary and Sandra Robinson starred for Park winning 29 games.
- The Czechs were the first team into the last eight with victories over the Latvians and Dutch and starred in easily the best game of this championship and one of the top all-time matches.
2Decorate or cover with star-shaped marks or objects. thick grass starred with flowers Example sentencesExamples - His pictures have an appeal beyond the visual, conjuring up the almost tropical heat, the lush green of hedgerows starred with flowers, the scent of fresh grass and the choral chirping of insects.
- 2.1 Mark (something) for special notice or recommendation with an asterisk or other star-shaped symbol.
the activities listed below are starred according to their fitness ratings as adjective, in combination Michelin-starred restaurants Example sentencesExamples - Items are starred according to their relative importance and whether the committee is recommended to approve the action or policy, or to provide comment.
- Hotels in France are regulated and starred according to price, so rates are posted up front, helping to avoid the price-comparison and guessing game you often have to play in the States.
Phrases dated, informal An expression of astonishment. Example sentencesExamples - "I very clearly remember saying, ‘Oh my stars,’" she recalls.
Have high or ambitious aims. Example sentencesExamples - I was not reaching for the stars, I just wanted to keep myself financially by acting.
- It's the one common thread in us all that keeps us looking for cures for Aids and other diseases as well as reaching for the stars.
- Pop fan Katie Storey is reaching for the stars after winning a competition to watch the sparkling Christmas lights in Oxford Street being switched on by some of her pop idols.
- But he ended up reaching for the stars in a more glamorous way as Queen's guitarist when the band zoomed into orbit as one of the most successful acts in the history of music.
- Few people thought the government would totally end child poverty, but in reaching for the stars there was some hope they might hit the top of the tree.
- Pupils attending a workshop at a Bradford school yesterday were reaching for the stars when a rocket scientist dropped in to give a lesson in rocket-making.
- The real Alison Hargreaves overcame everything thrown in her path, put up with the disappointments and still reached for the stars.
- Other members of the Sellers family, including Piers's mother Lindsey, 73, and brother Guy, have been invited to the space centre to watch the astronaut reach for the stars.
- While she may be reaching for the stars, Jacinta has her feet firmly planted on the ground and is hoping for a good result.
- Humanity began to reach for the stars, and the race was on to achieve a series of firsts in a new category.
- The former Heriot's flanker knows he is reaching for the stars at Headingley today.
- Four talented youngsters from Bolton are reaching for the stars after winning the first leg of an X-Factor style contest.
- There is a romantic side to our nature which rejects convention and reaches for the stars.
- The concert was a stepping stone for the fulfilment of dreams of 88 children who will represent India at the Special Olympics World Games 2003 and aspire to reach for the stars.
- I keep my feet on the ground, but keep reaching for the stars.
- And Diamond got a chance to reach for the stars after Miami inventor Ivan Yaeger heard about her disability.
- Still, Fordyce's character, enslaved by her call centre job, must keep reaching for the stars.
- Loach's poor may be downtrodden, but given a chance they will still reach for the stars.
- As a young person growing up in society, she said the speech motivated her to be the best she could, reach for the stars and still help others along the way.
- Talented stage acts in Trowbridge are being given the chance to reach for the stars in a major national competition.
See flashes of light, especially as a result of being hit on the head. Example sentencesExamples - The challenger will have a big man's punching chance, but the likelihood is that Lewis will show his mean side, and that Klitschko will end up seeing stars.
- What causes you to see stars after a hard blow to the head?
- He butted me quite intentionally and from there on in I was actually seeing stars a bit.
- I was seeing stars by this stage, so I was pleased when time ran out and the lights on the court went out.
- He and Jackie McNamara were booked for squaring up to each other on the halfway line, and the Canadian must have been seeing stars when Bobo Balde later clattered into him.
- The visual changes included seeing stars and bright lights, occasionally with accompanying nonspecific dizziness.
- I teetered back, stunned for a second, seeing stars.
- ‘I was seeing stars and trying to stem the blood coming from my head,’ he said.
- Mr. Crich testified that after the assault he was dazed and seeing stars as blood ran into his eyes and down the side of his face.
- Taking a running dive, I narrowly missed being hit by it, and instead found myself back on the grass, seeing stars as pain rushed through my battered body.
- I was seeing stars, the pain was indescribable, so I won't go into any more detail.
- No seat-belts then, of course; my head bounced off the windscreen and I saw stars briefly for the first time, and my knees jammed hard against the fascia, but no blood.
- Admittedly the Irish fly-half was not clocked so badly that he saw stars, but the Hughenden crowd might just have witnessed one in the making.
- I looked at the person who bumped into me, wishing I could slam his head against one of the lockers (luckily for him, I was still seeing stars and thus couldn't focus).
- She twisted her body to compensate as she was thrown and landed awkwardly on her chest, leaving her retching for breath and seeing stars.
- In 37 minutes a short free kick was played into the path of Jack Ross whose 20-yard thunderbolt left Stuart Taylor seeing stars.
- ‘It was the only time he made me see stars,’ said Young afterwards.
- Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis promised thunder and lightning when he faced challenger Hasim Rahman for their title fight at Carnival City here yesterday morning, but instead he was the one who ended up seeing stars.
- Most customers who walk into a mall to buy a PC come out seeing stars by the time they're out thanks to the overload of technical jargon that is thrown at them.
- If it is night and there is a sudden blackout, I won't get the usual experiences; if as I swivel the roof falls in and knocks me unconscious, I won't enjoy any experiences at all, except perhaps briefly seeing stars.
Used to describe someone who is idealistically hopeful or enthusiastic about their future. a singer selected from hundreds of applicants with stars in their eyes Example sentencesExamples - If she were a cartoon character, she'd have stars in her eyes.
- Let me make this clear: I do not have stars in my eyes.
- Now Stephen has stars in his eyes because Mem is expecting their first child.
- And he does not expect all his pupils to have stars in their eyes.
- Cotswold 16-year-olds had stars in their eyes after scooping a hatful of top grades in their GCSE results.
- ‘A lot of these kids have stars in their eyes thinking they can live the life of a rock star right away, but you have to pay for everything in the end,’ he says.
- For a brief time, Fish has stars in his eyes but soon realizes it's a kind of bribe.
- Fred naturally takes the opportunity to romance Lady Alyce, who still has stars in her eyes over his supposed leap.
- Children had stars in their eyes at a special award ceremony in Farnworth when they were joined by a pop star.
- The fair, willowy girl had stars in her eyes when at the age of twenty, she was married to the tall and handsome young man with a four-figure salary.
Origin Old English steorra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ster, German Stern, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin stella and Greek astēr. |