noun

• 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.
  "What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope."
• (astronomy) 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.
• senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks
  "Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics."
• senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

verb

• (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
  "She starred in dozens of silent movies."
• (transitive) 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."
• (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
• (transitive) 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."

name

• (UK, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

name

• (Malaysia, law enforcement, nautical) Acronym of Special Task and Rescue.
• (Singapore, law enforcement) Acronym of Special Tactics and Rescue.
• (Philippines) Acronym of Southern Tagalog Arterial Road.