Meaning of STARRY
Pronunciation: | | 'stâree
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [adj] abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night"; "starry eyes" |
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| Synonyms: | | sparkling, starlike, starlit |
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| Antonyms: | | starless | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Star"ry\, a.
1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. ``Above the
starry sky.'' --Pope.
2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;
stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles,
poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry
influence? --Sir W.
Scott.
3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
{Starry ray} (Zo["o]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata});
-- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.
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