Adjective
/əˈstər/,

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In a state of excited movement, 
                    
                    
                        
        
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In a state of excited movement
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the streets are all astir
                                            
 
 
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Awake and out of bed
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he woke before anyone else was astir
                                            
 
 
 
                     
 
 
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- astir(p): out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"
- about(p): on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"
- In motion; characterized by motion