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start

[stahrt]

–verb (used without object)

1.	to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.

2.	to appear or come suddenly into action, life, view, etc.; rise or issue suddenly forth.

3.	to spring, move, or dart suddenly from a position or place: The rabbit started from the bush.

4.	to be among the entrants in a race or the initial participants in a game or contest.

5.	to give a sudden, involuntary jerk, jump, or twitch, as from a shock of surprise, alarm, or pain: The sudden clap of thunder caused everyone to start.

6.	to protrude: eyes seeming to start from their sockets.

7.	to spring, slip, or work loose from place or fastenings, as timbers or other structural parts.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to set moving, going, or acting; to set in operation: to start an automobile; to start a fire.

9.	to establish or found: to start a new business.

10.	to begin work on: to start a book.

11.	to enable or help (someone) set out on a journey, a career, or the like: The record started the young singer on the road to stardom.

12.	to cause or choose to be an entrant in a game or contest: He started his ace pitcher in the crucial game.

13.	to cause (an object) to work loose from place or fastenings.

14.	to rouse (game) from its lair or covert; flush.

15.	to draw or discharge (liquid or other contents) from a vessel or container; empty (a container).

16.	Archaic. to cause to twitch, jump, or flinch involuntarily; startle.

–noun

17.	a beginning of an action, journey, etc.

18.	a signal to move, proceed, or begin, as on a course or in a race.

19.	a place or time from which something begins.

20.	the first part or beginning segment of anything: The start of the book was good but the last half was dull.

21.	an instance of being a participant in a race or an initial participant in a game or contest: The horse won his first two starts.

22.	a sudden, springing movement from a position.

23.	a sudden, involuntary jerking movement of the body: to awake with a start.

24.	a lead or advance of specified amount, as over competitors or pursuers.

25.	the position or advantage of one who starts first: The youngest child should have the start over the rest.

26.	a chance, opportunity, aid, or encouragement given to one starting on a course or career: The bride's parents gave the couple a start by buying them a house.

27.	a spurt of activity.

28.	a starting of parts from their place or fastenings in a structure.

29.	the resulting break or opening.

30.	an outburst or sally, as of emotion, wit, or fancy.

Origin:
bef. 1150; (v.) ME sterten to rush out, leap (c. MHG sterzen); r. OE styrtan (attested once), c. G stürzen; (n.) ME stert(e) sudden jerk, leap, deriv. of the v.

Synonyms:
9. institute. 10. See begin. 17. commencement, onset. 23. twitch, jump.

Antonyms:
10. end, terminate.

START

[stahrt]

–noun

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start (stärt)

v. start·ed, start·ing, starts

v. intr.

To begin an activity or a movement; set out.
To have a beginning; commence. See Synonyms at begin.
To move suddenly or involuntarily: started at the loud noise.
To come quickly into view, life, or activity; spring forth.
Sports To be in the initial lineup of a game or race.
To protrude or bulge.
To become loosened or disengaged.

v. tr.

To commence; begin.
To set into motion, operation, or activity.
To introduce; originate.
Sports
1. To play in the initial lineup of (a game).
2. To put (a player) into the initial lineup of a game.
3. To enter (a participant) into a race or game.
To found; establish: start a business.
To tend in an early stage of development: start seedlings.
To rouse (game) from its hiding place or lair; flush.
To cause to become displaced or loosened.

1. A beginning; a commencement.
2. The beginning of a new construction project: an application for a building start.
3. A starting line for a race.
4. A signal to begin a race.
5. An instance of beginning a game or race: a pitcher who won his first five starts.
A place or time of beginning.
Sports
1. A starting line for a race.
2. A signal to begin a race.
3. An instance of beginning a game or race: a pitcher who won his first five starts.
A startled reaction or movement.
A part that has become dislocated or loosened.
A position of advantage over others, as in a race or an endeavor; a lead.
An opportunity granted to pursue a career or course of action.

[Middle English sterten, to move or leap suddenly, from Old English *styrtan; see ster-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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Start

Start\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. started; p. pr. & vb. n. starting.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st["u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st["o]ra 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.]

2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.

And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer.

I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden.

Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. --I. Watts.

But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak.

3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.

At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden.

At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron.

4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.

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.

Start

Start\, 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.

Upon malicious bravery dost thou come To start my quiet? --Shak.

Brutus will start a spirit as soon as C[ae]sar. --Shak.

2. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.

Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start. --Sir W. Temple.

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.

I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which the people love to start in discourse. --Addison.

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.

One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman.

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.

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.

The fright awakened Arcite with a start. --Dryden.

2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.

For she did speak in starts distractedly. --Shak.

Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry. --L'Estrange.

3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.

To check the starts and sallies of the soul. --Addison.

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.

The start of first performance is all. --Bacon.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. --Shak.

At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.]

At a start he was betwixt them two. --Chaucer.

To get, or have, the start, to 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.

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.

2. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. [Prov. Eng.]

3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.

4. (Mining) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

Language Translation for : START

Italian: partire,

German: aufbrechen,

Japanese: 出発する

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start (v.)

O.E. *steortian, *stiertan, Kentish variants of styrtan "to leap up" (related to starian "to stare"), from P.Gmc. *sturtjan- (cf. O.Fris. stirta "to fall, tumble," M.Du. sterten, Du. storten "to rush, fall," O.H.G. sturzen, Ger. stürzen "to hurl, throw, plunge"), of unknown origin. From "move or spring suddenly," sense evolved by c.1386 to "awaken suddenly, flinch or recoil in alarm," and 1666 to "cause to begin acting or operating." Meaning "begin to move, leave, depart" is from 1821. The connection is probably from sporting senses ("to force an animal from its lair," c.1384). To start something "cause trouble" is 1917, Amer.Eng. colloquial. For starters "to begin with" is 1873, Amer.Eng. colloquial. Starter home is from 1976; starter set is from 1946, originally of china. Starting block first recorded 1937.

start (n.)

c.1374, "a sudden movement," from start (v.); meaning "act of beginning to build a house" is from 1946. That of "opportunity at the beginning of a career or course of action" is from 1849. False start first attested 1850.

start

In addition to the idioms beginning with start, also see false start; fits and starts; for openers (starters); (start) from scratch; from soup to nuts (start to finish); get off the ground (to a flying start); head start; running start; to start with.

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