Noun
the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

Noun
a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"

Noun
a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

Noun
advantage gained by an early start as in a race; "with an hour''s start he will be hard to catch"

Noun
a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start"

Noun
the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"

Noun
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

Noun
the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

Verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let''s get down to work now"

Verb
set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

Verb
play in the starting line-up

Verb
bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

Verb
get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a su

Verb
get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"

Verb
begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"

Verb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

Verb
leave; "The family took off for Florida"

Verb
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"

Verb
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"

Verb
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

Verb
have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a work-out"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"

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v. i.
To leap; to jump.

v. i.
To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.

v. i.
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.

v. i.
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.

v. t.
To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.

v. t.
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.

v. t.
To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.

v. t.
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.

v. t.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.

n.
The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.

n.
A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.

n.
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.

n.
The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish.

v. i.
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.

v. i.
The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.

v. i.
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.

v. i.
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

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Start

Start , v. i. [imp. & p. p. started; p. pr. & vb. n. starting.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st'81rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st'94ra to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. 'fb166. Cf. Start a tail.] 1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.] 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.

And maketh him out of his sleep to start.

I start as from some dreadful dream.

Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside.

But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart.

3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.

At once they start, advancing in a line.

At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still.

4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. To start after, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. -- To start against, to act as a rival candidate against. -- To start for, to be a candidate for, as an office. -- To start up, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance.

Start

Start , v. t. 1. To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.

Upon malicious bravery dost thou come To start my quiet?

Brutus will start a spirit as soon as C'91sar.

2. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.

Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start.

3. To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.

I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which the people love to start in discourse.

4. To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.

One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum.

5. [Perh. from D. storten, which has this meaning also.] (Naut.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.

Start

Start, n. 1. The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.

The fright awakened Arcite with a start.

2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.

For she did speak in starts distractedly.

Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry.

3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.

To check the starts and sallies of the soul.

4. The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish.

The start of first performance is all.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.

At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.]

At a start he was betwixt them two.

To get, ∨ have, the start, to before another; to gain or have the advantage in a similar undertaking; -- usually with of. "Get the start of the majestic world." Shak. "She might have forsaken him if he had not got the start of her." Dryden.

Start

Start, n. [OE. stert a tail, AS. steort; akin to LG. stert, steert, D. staart, G. sterz, Icel. stertr, Dan. stiert, Sw. stjert. 'fb166. Cf. Stark naked, under Stark, Start, v. i.] 1. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. 2. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. [Prov. Eng.] 3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. 4. (Mining) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

To leap; to jump.

The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.

A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.