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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: starred - starthroat</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="starred"> starred, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. full of stars; starry. <DD> 2. decorated with stars. Ex. Gartered peers and starred ambassadors ... (Benjamin Disraeli). <DD> 3. marked with a star or asterisk. <DD> 4. presented as a star actor or performer. <DD> 5. influenced by the stars or by fate. </DL> <A NAME="starroute"> star route,<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the U.S. Postal Service) a route, other than the ordinary routes, over which mail is carried by special contract with private individuals, rather than by the usual carriers (so called from asterisks used to mark such routes in official papers). </DL> <A NAME="starruby"> star ruby,<DL COMPACT><DD> a ruby exhibiting asterism, like the more common star sapphire or asteria. </DL> <A NAME="starry"> starry, adjective, -rier, -riest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. containing many stars. Ex. a starry sky. <DD> 2. lighted by stars; starlit. Ex. a starry night. <DD> 3. shining like a star or like stars; very bright. Ex. starry eyes. <DD> 4. like a star in shape. (SYN) stellate. <DD> 5. of or having to do with the stars. (SYN) astral. <DD> 6. consisting of stars. adv. starrily. noun starriness. </DL> <A NAME="starryeyed"> starry-eyed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to view too favorably or idealistically; unrealistic; dreamy. Ex. He's no starry-eyed optimist (Margery Allingham). noun starry-eyedness. </DL> <A NAME="starsandbars"> Stars and Bars,<DL COMPACT><DD> the first flag of the Confederacy. It had two horizontal red stripes with a white stripe between and a blue square containing a circle of seven white stars. </DL> <A NAME="starsandstripes"> Stars and Stripes,<DL COMPACT><DD> the flag of the United States. When first adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, it contained 13 stripes and 13 stars. It now contains 13 stripes and 50 stars. </DL> <A NAME="starsapphire"> star sapphire,<DL COMPACT><DD> a sapphire which exhibits by reflected light a star of bright rays, resulting from its crystalline structure. </DL> <A NAME="starsaxifrage"> star saxifrage,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small saxifrage found northward in both hemispheres having white starry flowers. </DL> <A NAME="starshaped"> star-shaped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like a star; having rays proceeding from, or angular points disposed in a regular outline about, a central point. </DL> <A NAME="starshell"> star shell,<DL COMPACT><DD> a flare which bursts into bright starlike clusters or a single light, suspended by a parachute, used in war to illuminate enemy positions or, in various colors, as a signal or firework. </DL> <A NAME="starshine"> starshine, noun. =starlight.</DL> <A NAME="starshower"> star shower, =meteor shower.</DL> <A NAME="starspangled"> star-spangled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> sprinkled with stars. </DL> <A NAME="starspangledbanner"> Star-Spangled Banner,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the national anthem of the United States. The words were composed by Francis Scott Key in 1814. <DD> 2. the flag of the United States; Stars and Stripes. </DL> <A NAME="starstudded"> star-studded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. star-spangled. Ex. a star-studded canopy. <DD> 2. having or featuring many stars or celebrities. Ex. a star-studded show. </DL> <A NAME="starsystem"> star system,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the system or practice of developing star performers and exploiting their popularity to attract large audiences. Ex. the Hollywood star system. The Kirstein-Balanchine troupe would not ... adopt a star system for its dancers (New York Times). <DD> 2. (Figurative:) Ex. America's U.N. ambassadors--Henry Cabot Lodge, Stevenson, Arthur Goldberg--usually have been appointed under "the star system" (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="start"> start (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to begin to move, go, or act. Ex. to start in business, to start from the beginning, to start to school. The train started on time. (SYN) go. <DD> 2. to begin or commence, as a process, performance, or the like. Ex. The play started at nine. <DD> 3. to give a sudden, involuntary jerk or twitch; move suddenly. Ex. to start backward, to start from one's seat, to start to one's feet. (Figurative.) He started in surprise. <DD> 4. to come, rise, or spring suddenly. Ex. Tears started from her eyes. <DD> 5. to burst out. Ex. eyes seeming to start from their sockets. <DD> 6. to be displaced, as by pressure or shrinkage; become loose. <DD>v.t. 1. to begin; commence. Ex. to start reading a book, start work, start a song, start an argument. <DD> 2. to cause to begin moving, going, acting, operating, or otherwise functioning; set going; put into action. Ex. to start a car, to start a fire, to start a business, to start a rumor. <DD> 3. to cause or enable (a person) to begin some course of action or career. Ex. He started his son in business. <DD> 4. to induce (a person) to begin to talk on some subject. <DD> 5. to introduce (as a subject or topic); broach. <DD> 6. to rouse suddenly into action, motion, or flight, as an animal from its lair. Ex. to start a rabbit. <DD> 7. to displace, as by pressure; make loose; cause to loosen or lose hold. Ex. to start a plank, to start an anchor. The huge waves had started some of the ship's bolts. <DD> 8. to begin the flow of (a liquid) from a container; empty (a vessel); tap. <DD> 9. to enter in a race, especially a horse race. <DD> 10. to cause (a race or contestants) to begin. <DD> 11. (Obsolete.) to startle. <DD>noun 1. an act of setting in motion. Ex. He pushed the car to give the motor a start. <DD> 2. the act or fact of beginning to move, go, or act; starting or setting out. Ex. to see a race from start to finish. <DD> 3. a sudden, involuntary movement of the body, as from surprise or terror; jerk. Ex. to give someone a start. On seeing the snake, the man sprang up with a start. I awoke with a start. <DD> 4. the act or fact of beginning ahead of others; advantage. Ex. He got the start of his rivals. <DD> 5. a chance or assistance given for entering on a career or course of action. Ex. His father gave him a start in business. <DD> 6. a spurt of energy or activity. Ex. to work by fits and starts. <DD> 7. (Archaic.) an outburst, sally, or flight, as of wit, humor, passion, or grief. Ex. some starts of his former ... vivacity break out (Fanny Burney). <DD> 8. the place or line at which a race begins. <DD> 9. a part that has started; displaced or loosened part. <DD> 10. a break, opening, or other condition resulting from this. expr. start in (or out), to begin to do something. Ex. The dog started running when it was let out. expr. start up, <DD> a. to rise suddenly; spring up. Ex. Chaerephon ... started up and ran to me, seizing my hand (Benjamin Jowett). <DD> b. to come suddenly into being or notice. Ex. I am surrounded by difficulties, and as fast as I get the better of one, another starts up (Earl Carlisle). <DD> c. to begin to do something. Ex. He started up fishing as soon as spring came. <DD> d. to cause (an engine) to begin operating. Ex. Before starting up the engine make sure that the gear lever is in the central or neutral position (Morris Owner's Manual). </DL> <A NAME="start"> start (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the tail of an animal (now used only in compounds). </DL> <A NAME="start"> START,<DL COMPACT><DD> Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (a series of conferences between the United States and the former Soviet Union to negotiate the reduction of their missile stockpiles). Ex. Three groups were set up to discuss ... strategic nuclear forces (START) and space weapons (Annual Register). </DL> <A NAME="starter"> starter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that starts. <DD> 2. an official who gives the signal to begin a race. <DD> 3. an official who is responsible for maintaining the schedule and sequence of departures from a station, and who signals buses, subways, trains, elevators, and other conveyances, to start out. <DD> 4. any contestant who sets out in a race. <DD> 5. the first in a series of things. Ex. This request was only a starter. <DD> 6. an apparatus for starting a machine, especially an automobile; self-starter. <DD> 7. a chemical agent or bacterial culture used to start a reaction, as in the formation of acid in making sour cream or vinegar. <DD> 8. (Cribbage.) turnup. expr. as (or for) a starter, (Informal.) as a beginning; to begin with; for a start. Ex. For a starter we'll have soup and then eat the main course later. As a starter the diners ordered various appetizers. expr. for starters, (Informal.) to begin with; as a starter. Ex. For starters, there is a countess who wants to keep him, but ... he will have none of it (Eliot Fremont-Smith). </DL> <A NAME="startersheet"> starter sheet,<DL COMPACT><DD> a thin sheet of pure copper which serves as a cathode in the electrolytic refining of copper. </DL> <A NAME="starthistle"> star thistle,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a low, spreading, European composite weed having small heads of purple flowers surrounded by radiating spines; caltrop. <DD> 2. a related weed of more erect habit and having yellow flowers. </DL> <A NAME="starthroat"> starthroat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hummingbird having the throat spangled with the scales of the gorget. </DL> <A HREF="starting.dic">NEXT</A>