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Dictionary Results for start: | ||
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
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, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 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: start, starting] 4: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: startle, jump, start] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing] 6: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game [syn: start, starting line, scratch, scratch 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, start] 8: the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" [syn: start, 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, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 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, start, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, 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, start] [ant: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate] 5: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" [syn: originate, initiate, start] 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, 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, start] 8: get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" [syn: start, start up] [ant: stop] 9: begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" [syn: start, go, get going] [ant: halt, stop] 10: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" [syn: start, take up] 11: play in the starting lineup 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 workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: begin, start] 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, start] 14: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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.] [1913 Webster] 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. [1913 Webster] And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business. [1913 Webster] At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [1913 Webster] 2. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) The arm, or lever, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [1913 Webster] The fright awakened Arcite with a start. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. [1913 Webster] For she did speak in starts distractedly. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy. [1913 Webster] To check the starts and sallies of the soul. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The start of first performance is all. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. --Shak. [1913 Webster] At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] At a start he was betwixt them two. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [1913 Webster] Upon malicious bravery dost thou come To start my quiet? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring into being or into view; to originate; to invent. [1913 Webster] Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which the people love to start in discourse. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [PJC] | ||
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