astar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "astar"

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ star.

Adjective

astar (not comparable) (predicative)

1. Covered with bright or sparkling objects.

   Synonym: spangled

   • 1903, Katherine Cecil Burton, The Circle‎, New York: A.L. Burt, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 171:

     […] they could follow the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.

   • 1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71,

     The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.

2. Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.

   Synonyms: sparkling, twinkling

   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 8, in Anne of Green Gables‎, Boston: L.C. Page, pages 79–80:

     She found Anne standing motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows, with her hands clasped behind her, her face uplifted, and her eyes astar with dreams.

   • 1993, Anne Gay, chapter 33, in Dancing on the Volcano‎, London: Orbit, page 373:

     Astar with the cold fire of gems, it [the palace] was.

Anagrams

• Rasta, STAAR, atars, rasta, ratas

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آستر, آستار, from Persian آستر (âstar).

Noun

astar m (plural astare, definite astari, definite plural astaret)

1. lining (as of a garment)

Declension

Declension of astar

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	astar	astari	astare	astaret
accusative		astarin
dative	astari	astarit	astareve	astareve
ablative			astaresh