start

IPA: stˈɑrt

noun

  • The beginning of an activity.
  • A sudden involuntary movement.
  • The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
  • An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
  • (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
  • An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
  • (UK, slang, archaic) A happening or proceeding.
  • An instance of starting.
  • A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
  • A handle, especially that of a plough.
  • The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
  • The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
  • A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
  • A surname from Old English.
  • (medicine) Acronym of simple triage and rapid treatment.
  • (law) Acronym of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

verb

  • (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
  • To set in motion.
  • To begin.
  • To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
  • To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
  • To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
  • (intransitive) To begin an activity.
  • (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
  • To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
  • (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
  • (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
  • (transitive) To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
  • (intransitive) To flinch or draw back.
  • (transitive) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
  • (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
  • (transitive, sports) To put into play.
  • (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
  • (intransitive, euphemistic) To start one's periods (menstruation).
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