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Verb

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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 Starting \Start"ing\ (st[aum]rt"[i^]ng),
a. & n. from Start, v.
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Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the
valves in starting an engine.

Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]

Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from
which anything starts.

Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which
competitors in a race start, or begin the race.
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WordNet starting
adj 1: (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear;
"with eyes starting from their sockets"
2: appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the
starting point"; "hands in the starting position"
n : 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: start]