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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.
1. : exhibiting activity. streets astir with shoppers. 2. : 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.
Astir definition: moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement. See examples of ASTIR used in a sentence.
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.
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]
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.
[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.
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.
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. Webster's New World. Out of bed. Webster's New World. Synonyms: moving. alert. awake. afoot. active. roused. about.
ASTIR meaning: 1 : in an active state often + with; 2 : awake and out of bed.
