Crossword clues for astir
astir
- Moving around
- Showing signs of life
- In the wind
- Buzzing about
- Out and about
- Not abed
- Moving slightly
- Moving busily about
- Just waking up
- Up and buzzing about
- No longer motionless
- No longer abed
- Exhibiting activity
- Waking up
- Up in the morning
- Up doing things
- Sunrise state
- Not inactive
- In a state of activity
- Up and moving about
- Up & about
- Tossing back the covers
- Shaking awake
- Resting no more
- Ready to face the day
- Prison in commotion?
- On the prowl
- Not motionless
- Not lifeless
- No longer still
- No longer dormant
- Like most households after daybreak
- In motion — out of bed
- Freshly wakened
- Dormant no longer
- Up and around
- Up and about — is art (anag)
- Buzzing with activity
- Doing things
- Moving about
- In motion, poetically
- On the move
- Full of activity
- Not sleeping
- Like households after daybreak
- Bustling
- Circulating
- Not still anymore
- Still no longer
- Not dormant
- Still no more
- Not inert
- Out of bed
- Active state
- Milling
- On the go
- Out of the sack
- About in the morning
- No longer sleeping
- Awake and moving about
- Up and doing
- Showing life
- Awake and up
- Awake and out of bed
- In motion - out of bed
- Up and about - is art
- Up and about in a prison
- Up and at 'em
- No longer in bed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Astir \A*stir"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + stir.] Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"up and about," 1823, from phrase on the stir, or from Scottish asteer; from stir. Old English had astyrian, which yielded Middle English ben astired "be stirred up, excited, aroused."
Wiktionary
a. In motion; characterized by motion.
WordNet
adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning" [syn: astir(p), up(p)]
on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)]
Wikipedia
Astir may refer to:
- Bautek Astir, a German hang glider
- Grob G102 Astir, a German glider
- Grob G104 Speed Astir, a German glider
- Grob G103 Twin Astir, a German glider
- Grob Astir CS77, a German glider
- Grob G 118 Twin Astir II, a German glider
Usage examples of "astir".
It was clear that the city was now awake and astir, and the half-famished soldiers hoped that immediate preparations would be made for their refreshment, and on an extraordinary scale.
The hour being now late, it was singular that any persons should be astir, and Trusty Dick, naturally alarmed by the circumstance, at first thought of turning back.
Finding the king was not astir, he did not choose to disturb him, but went forth into the garden.
Half an hour hence the household will be astir, and then your absence will be discovered.
Before she went downstairs to set the house astir, Alaina bent to brush a kiss upon his lips, and Cole had only just begun to miss her cheery presence when she returned, bearing a tray laden with his breakfast.
You came here athundering on your horse in the night with your all-vengeful manhood astir and dare attack Alaina because she had not held herself from a man she loves.
As soon as the moon rose, full, flooding the desert with silver light, they were astir and preparing to move out.
Luceiia was already astir, and I was alone in the small room we had shared.
They had to be astir before dawn and had a long journey ahead of them.
I rode the balance of the night and into the morning until I commenced to see people astir in the thinly populated country through which I passed.
The house was not yet astir and the hall was dim behind the shutters that had been drawn for the night.
Macao was astir with the progress of the pits being prepared at Chuenpi and the enormous stores of confiscated opium being piled behind bamboo fences that sealed off the area.
Rumour, however, was astir, and as I had powerful friends, so, too, I had the powerful enemies which envy must always be breeding for men in high places such as mine.
In the morning Ludwig was to pursue his march upon the city of Naples, and all were astir betimes.
He eluded Dibs and got to the toilet, and by now the whole place was astir with shadow-figures like a scene out of a gold-lighted hell.