astiradjective [ after verb ]
uk/əˈstɜːr/us/əˈstɝː/old-fashioned literaryout of bed and moving around, or in an excited state:
She was rarely astir later than seven o'clock.
After the explosion, the hospital was astir with overworked nurses and doctors.
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Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- rouse
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woken
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