Astir

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astir \A*stir"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + stir.]
     Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
     [1913 Webster] Astomatous

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  astir
       adj 1: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each
              morning" [syn: {astir(p)}, {up(p)}]
       2: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over
          the incident" [syn: {about(p)}, {astir(p)}]