STAR

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

   “He loved watching the stars in the sky with her.”

2. isim A planet thought to influence one's fate; (figuratively) fate or luck.

   “What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.”

3. isim A very massive ball of plasma with strong enough gravity to have ongoing fusion of hydrogen or heavier elements in its core. In strict technical usage, the Sun is included.
4. isim An asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.
5. isim A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
6. isim 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.
7. isim A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour in a military. Now often used metonymically for military rankings.

   “three-star general”

8. isim A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.

   “And the first music review I remember reading was in Rolling Stone, which rated albums on a scale of one to five stars, or so I thought. In 1990, the début solo album by Andrew Ridgeley, who had sung alongside George Michael in the pop duo Wham!, was awarded only half a star.”

9. isim An actor in a leading role.

   “Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.”

10. isim An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.

    “His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.”

11. isim (Someone's) success or fame.

    “someone's star is rising / has risen”

12. isim A friend, a mate, a pal.

    “"Wha'ppen, star!" Hector said, grinning to reveal a gold-capped tooth. He told everyone it was solid twenty-four carat, but if it was, he would have wrenched it out with pliers to pawn to the highest bidder by now.”

13. isim A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
14. fiil To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.

    “She starred in dozens of silent movies.”

15. fiil 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.”

16. fiil To mark with a star or asterisk.
17. fiil To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.

    “Thy gloomy Grandeurs (Nature’s moſt auguſt, / Inſpiring Aſpect!) claim a grateful Verſe; / And, like a ſable Curtain ſtarr’d with Gold, / Drawn o’er my Labours paſt, ſhall cloſe the Scene.”

18. fiil To shine like a star.
19. özel isim A surname.
20. özel isim A female given name from English.

    “Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.”

21. özel isim A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
22. özel isim A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
23. özel isim A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
24. özel isim A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
25. özel isim A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
26. özel isim A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
27. özel isim A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
28. özel isim A city in Idaho.
29. özel isim An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
30. özel isim An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.