ASTIR Definition & Meaning

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astir

[ uh-stur ]

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adjective

moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
The field was astir with small animals, birds, and insects.
up and about; out of bed.

astir

/ əˈ��ɜː /

adjective

awake and out of bed
in motion; on the move

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Origin of astir¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; a- ¹, stir ¹

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Shiny skyscrapers loom on the horizon; their squat, worn building, home to their clan since 1902, marks a contrast, nestled within a crowded complex astir with chatter and dust.

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News reporters were astir and skipped this curtain scene.

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And Korie’s text, which often tips into rhyme, can tend risible: “A feeling I infer of anarchy astir.”

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My faculties, roused by the change of scene, the new field offered to hope, seemed all astir.

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Soon the gardeners would be astir, brushing the first leaves from the lawns and the paths, raking the gravel in the drive.

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