1. (

• star

) feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man" ;

2. (

• star

) be the star in a performance ;

3. (

• star ,
• asterisk

) mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" ;

1. (

• asterisked ,
• starred

) marked with an asterisk; "the starred items" ;