starred

1. 1
   adjective

   Marked with or bearing one or more stars, whether as a symbol or as decoration.

   The starred entries in the catalog indicate the award-winning vintages.

   He framed the starred certificate his daughter brought home from school.

   Similarasterisked, marked, flagged

   Oppositeunmarked

   Note

   An adjective built from the noun rather than the verb: Middle English sterred, star plus -ed. It is most at home in compounds. Michelin-starred names a restaurant that holds the guide's stars and is hyphenated before a noun. Mary Shelley's Valperga (1823) has a many-starred sky, the older picture of a heaven set with stars. It does not compare: nothing is more starred than something else.

   They booked a table at a Michelin-starred restaurant.

   She looked up to the many-starred sky.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of star.

   The young actress starred in a series that became a national sensation.

   Critics noted that she had starred opposite some of the finest actors of her generation.

   Note

   The r doubles before -ed, and one spelling serves as both past tense and participle. The past tense carries the performer meaning: she starred in the series. The participle follows have (she had starred opposite them) or forms a passive from the transitive uses: a question starred for review. Before a noun, a starred item is usually the adjective for star-marked things, which comes from the noun rather than this verb.

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