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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English start \start\ (st[aum]rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. started; p. pr.
& vb. n. starting.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to
hurl, rush, fall, G. st["u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over,
to fall, Sw. st["o]rta 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.
[root]166. Cf. Start a tail.]
1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.]
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2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise,
pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a
voluntary act.
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And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer.
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I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden.
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Keep your soul to the work when ready to start
aside. --I. Watts.
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But if he start,
It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak.
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3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to
begin; as, to start in business.
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At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden.
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At intervals some bird from out the brakes
Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron.
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4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a
seam may start under strain or pressure.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Start \Start\ (st[aum]rt), 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.
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Upon malicious bravery dost thou come
To start my quiet? --Shak.
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Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
--Shak.
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2. To bring into being or into view; to originate; to invent.
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Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure
they can start. --Sir W.
Temple.
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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.
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I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which
the people love to start in discourse. --Addison.
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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.
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One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the
clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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The fright awakened Arcite with a start. --Dryden.
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2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
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For she did speak in starts distractedly. --Shak.
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Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a
hurry. --L'Estrange.
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3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious
impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
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To check the starts and sallies of the soul.
--Addison.
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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.
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The start of first performance is all. --Bacon.
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I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. --Shak.
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At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.]
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At a start he was betwixt them two. --Chaucer.
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To get the start, or To have the start, to begin 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Start \Start\, n. [OE. stert a tail, AS. steort; akin to LG.
stert, steert, D. staart, G. sterz, Icel. stertr, Dan.
stiert, Sw. stjert. [root]166. Cf. Stark naked, under
Stark, Start, v. i.]
1. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
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2. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
[Prov. Eng.]
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3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel
bucket.
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4. (Mining) The arm, or lever, of a gin, drawn around by a
horse.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English START \START\ (st[aum]rt), n. [From Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty.]
A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which
provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear
weapons possessed by each country.
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WordNet Start
n 1: the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"
2: 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" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset,
get-go, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset]
[ant: middle, end]
3: 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" [syn: starting]
4: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn:
startle, jump]
5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, commencement]
[ant: finish]
6: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a
game [syn: starting line]
7: a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a
green light"; "the runners awaited the start" [syn: {starting
signal}]
8: advantage gained by an early start as in a race; "with an
hour's start he will be hard to catch" [syn: head start]
v 1: 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" [syn: get down, begin, get,
start out, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end]
2: 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" [syn: begin, lead off, commence]
[ant: end]
3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part,
start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off]
4: 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" [syn: begin] [ant: end]
5: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a
foundation" [syn: originate, initiate]
6: 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 surprise attack" [syn: {start
up}, embark on, commence]
7: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She
startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, jump]
8: get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the
engine"; "start up the computer" [syn: start up] [ant: stop]
9: begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning";
"Ready, set, go!" [syn: go, get going] [ant: stop]
10: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;
"Take up a position"; "start a new job" [syn: take up]
11: play in the starting line-up
12: 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" [syn: begin]
13: 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" [syn: begin]

Moby Dictionary
A , activate , advance , advantage , aid , allowance , alpha , arise ,
assistance , attack , avoid , backing , base , basis , be off ,
be startled , beat , beget , begin , beginning , beginnings , birth ,
blanch , blast away , blast off , blast-off , blench , blink , bob ,
boggle , bolt , border line , bounce , bound , boundary ,
boundary condition , boundary line , bourn , break , break boundary ,
break open , break up , breakoff point , bring before , bring forward ,
bring up , broach , buck , buckjump , bulge , bundle , bundle off , burst ,
capriole , carry away , ceiling , chance , chase , circumscription ,
clear , coign of vantage , come apart , come off , come undone ,
come unstuck , come up , commence , commencement ,
commend to attention , compass , confine , constitute , course , crack ,
crack up , create , creation , cringe , crop up , curvet , cutoff ,
cutoff point , cutting edge , dart , dawn , dawning , deadline ,
deadwood , delimitation , depart , determinant , develop , disintegrate ,
dive in , dive into , division line , dodge , dog , draw , draw back ,
drive , drop , duck , edge , embark , embark on , emerge , emergence ,
encouragement , end , enter , enter on , enter upon , establish ,
establishment , evade , extremity , fade , falcon , fall back , fall off ,
fall to , fall to pieces , father , fight shy , financing , finish ,
fissure , flick , flinch , flip , flirt , float , floor , flounce , flush ,
fly apart , flying start , follow the hounds , found , foundation ,
founding , fowl , fracture , fresh start , frontier , genesis , get busy ,
get going , get loose , get off , get to , get under way , get with it ,
give a start , give away , give birth to , give way , go , go ahead ,
go forth , go hunting , go to it , go to pieces , gun , handicap ,
hang back , hawk , head into , head start , hedge , help ,
high-water mark , hippety-hop , hit the road , hitch , hop , hop to it ,
hound , hunt , hunt down , hurdle , inaugurate , inauguration ,
inception , initiate , initiation , inside track , institute ,
institution , interface , introduce , issue , issue forth , jack ,
jacklight , jar , jerk , jib , jig , jiggle , jog , joggle , jolt , jump ,
jump a mile , jump off , jump over , jump to it , jump-off , kick off ,
kick-off , launch , launch into , lay before , lead , leading edge ,
leap , leap over , leapfrog , leave , light into , limen , limit ,
limitation , limiting factor , line , line of demarcation ,
line of departure , low-water mark , lower limit , make a motion ,
march , mark , mete , moot , move , negotiate , new departure , odds ,
offer a resolution , oncoming , onset , open , open up , opening ,
opportunity , organize , origin , originate , origination , outbreak ,
outset , outsetting , outstart , overjump , overleap , overskip , panic ,
peel off , pitch in , pitch into , pluck , plunge into ,
point of departure , port of embarkation , pose , postulate , pounce ,
pounce on , pounce upon , prefer , proceed , propose , proposition ,
propound , protrude , prowl after , pull back , put forth , put forward ,
put in motion , put it to , quail , recoil , recommend , reel back ,
retreat , ride to hounds , rise , run , running start , rupture ,
sail into , sally , sally forth , send , send forth , send off ,
send-off , set about , set afloat , set agoing , set at , set before ,
set forth , set forward , set going , set in , set in motion , set off ,
set on foot , set out , set sail , set to , set to work , set up ,
setoff , setout , setting in motion , setting-up , sheer off , shikar ,
shock , shoot , shrink , shrink back , shy , sidestep , skedaddle ,
ski jump , skip , snap , snatch , something extra ,
something in reserve , split , sponsorship , sport , spring ,
spring a leak , spring apart , square one , squinch , stalk , stampede ,
start aside , start back , start going , start in , start off ,
start out , start up , start-off , starting , starting gate ,
starting line , starting place , starting point , starting post ,
startle , steeplechase , stick out , still-hunt , strike out , submit ,
sudden pull , suggest , swerve , switch on , tackle , take off , take on ,
take up , take-off , takeoff , target date , term , terminal date ,
terminus , threshold , time allotment , track , trail , turn ,
turn aside , turn on , turn to , tweak , twitch , undertake , unravel ,
updive , upleap , upper hand , upper limit , upspring , vantage ,
vantage ground , vantage point , vault , wade into , weasel ,
weasel out , whip hand , wince , wrench , yank , Paul Kinlan

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