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- Dictionaryastir/əˈstəː/
adjective
- 1. in a state of excited movement: "the streets are all astir"
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out of bed and moving around, or in an excited state: She was rarely astir later than seven o'clock. After the explosion, the hospital was astir with overworked nurses and doctors. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious. anti-sleep. come round. fully conscious. get up. insomnia.
: being out of bed : up. no one was astir. Synonyms. aboil. abubble. abuzz. alive. animated. brisk. bustling. busy. buzzing. flourishing. happening. hopping. humming. kinetic. lively.
Someone who's astir is awake and moving around. When you check on a sleeping baby, you can describe her as astir if she's up and crawling in her crib. If your family wakes up early in the morning, you can say they're astir before the sun comes up — or your dog might always be the first one astir each day.
out of bed and moving around, or in an excited state: She was rarely astir later than seven o'clock. After the explosion, the hospital was astir with overworked nurses and doctors. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious. anti-sleep. be in the land of the living idiom. come around.
Astir definition: moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement. See examples of ASTIR used in a sentence.
1. moving or stirring, esp. with much activity or excitement. The field was astir with small animals, birds, and insects. 2. up and about; out of bed. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ bef. 1000; ME, OE; see a- 1, stir 1]
[əˈstɜːʳ] ADJ. 1. to be astir (= on the go) → estar activo, estar en movimiento. 2. ( o.f.) (= out of bed) → estar levantado. we were astir early → nos levantamos temprano. nobody was astir at that hour → a tal hora todos estaban todavía en la cama.
Dictionary Meanings. Astir Definition. ə-stûr. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Adjective. Adverb. Filter. adjective. Moving about; being in motion. American Heritage. Having gotten out of bed. American Heritage. In motion; characterized by motion. Wiktionary. Synonyms: up. about. adverb. In motion; in excited activity.
Definitions of 'astir' 1. in motion; in excited activity. [...] 2. out of bed. [...] More. Synonyms of 'astir' • out of bed, awake, roused, up and about [...] • in motion, active, on the move (informal), afoot [...] More. Examples of 'astir' in a sentence.
ASTIR meaning: 1 : in an active state often + with; 2 : awake and out of bed.
