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start /stärt/ intransitive verb- To begin, commence
- To shoot, dart, move suddenly forth, or out
- To spring up or forward
- To strain forward
- To break away
- To make a sudden involuntary movement as of surprise or becoming aware
- To spring open, out of place, or loose
- To begin to move
- (of a car, engine, etc) to begin to work, to fire, combust
- To set forth on a journey, race, career
- To take to grumbling, to begin an argument, quarrel, etc (informal)
transitive verb- To begin
- To set going
- To set on foot
- To set up
- To cause to begin (doing something)
- To conceive (a baby) (informal)
- To drive (an animal or bird) from a lair or hiding-place
- To cause or undergo displacement or loosening of
- To startle (obsolete)
- To break in (a young horse)
- To pour out or shoot
noun- A beginning
- A beginning of movement, esp of a journey, race or career
- A setting in motion
- The time or place at which something starts, eg a race
- A help in or opportunity of beginning
- An advantage in being early or ahead
- The extent of such an advantage in time or distance
- A sudden movement
- A sudden involuntary motion of the body
- A startled feeling
- A queer occurrence (informal)
- A spurt, spasm, burst
- A beginning of building work on a new house site (esp as house or housing starts)
ORIGIN: ME sterten; closely related to Du storten to plunge, Ger stürzen startˈer noun - One of the competitors or horses assembled for the start of a race
- A person who gives the signal for starting
- A dog that drives out game
- An apparatus or device for starting a machine, such as that (also called self-starter) for starting an internal-combustion engine
- Anything used to begin a process, such as a bacterial culture in making butter or cheese
- (also in pl) the first course of a meal (see also for starters below)
- A potentially successful or profitable idea, project, etc (commercial jargon)
startˈful adjective Apt to start startˈing noun and adjective startˈingly adverb (Shakespeare) By starts startˈish adjective Apt to start, skittish starter home noun A small house or flat built, or considered by the seller, to suit and be affordable by a first-time buyer, esp a young couple starting block noun (usu in pl) a device for helping a sprinter make a quick start to a race, consisting of a framework with blocks of wood or metal attached, on which the sprinter braces his feet starting gate noun - A movable barrier behind which the runners in a horse race are contained until the start
- Starting stalls (US)
starting gun see starting pistol below. starting handle see under crank1 starting hole noun - A hiding place
- An evasive trick
starting pistol or starting gun noun A small pistol used to give the signal for starting a race starting point noun The point from which anything starts, or from which motion begins starting post noun The post or barrier from which the competitors start in a race starting price noun Odds on a horse when the race begins (informal abbrev SP) starting stalls plural noun A line of compartments in which runners wait before the start of a horse race, fitted with gates that are sprung open at the start startˈ-up noun - An upstart (Shakespeare)
- A rustic half-boot or short legging (obsolete)
- The process of setting up a company or business
- Such a company or business
adjective Of or denoting (the process of setting up) a new company or business for a start In the first place, as a preliminary consideration for starters (informal) - As the first course of a meal
- In the first place, for a start
give (someone) a start - To give (someone) an advantage at the start of, or in beginning, an enterprise, race, etc
- To startle (someone)
- To give (someone) a job, esp a manual job (informal)
start a hare see under hare start in To begin start (in) on (informal) To turn on, scold, berate start out - To begin
- To begin a journey
start over (N American) To begin again from the beginning, start all over again start up - To rise suddenly
- To come suddenly into notice or being
- To set in motion
- To set up, initiate, establish (startˈ-up noun see above)
to start with - At the beginning
- In the first place, as a primary consideration
under starter's orders - (of racehorses) about to be released by the starter at the beginning of a race
- Ready to start (figurative)
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