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English Dictionary: start	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
start n the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start" 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" Synonym(s): beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset Antonym(s): end, ending, middle 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" Synonym(s): start, starting a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" Synonym(s): startle, jump, start the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" Synonym(s): beginning, start, commencement Antonym(s): finish, finishing a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game Synonym(s): start, starting line, scratch, scratch line a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start" Synonym(s): starting signal, start the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" Synonym(s): start, head start v 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" Synonym(s): get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence Antonym(s): end, terminate 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" Synonym(s): begin, lead off, start, commence Antonym(s): end, terminate leave; "The family took off for Florida" Synonym(s): depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off 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" Synonym(s): begin, start Antonym(s): cease, end, finish, stop, terminate bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" Synonym(s): originate, initiate, start 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" Synonym(s): start, start up, embark on, commence move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" Synonym(s): startle, jump, start get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" Synonym(s): start, start up Antonym(s): stop begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" Synonym(s): start, go, get going Antonym(s): halt, stop begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" Synonym(s): start, take up play in the starting lineup 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" Synonym(s): begin, start 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" Synonym(s): begin, start bulge outward; "His eyes popped" Synonym(s): start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Get the start of the majestic world.[b8] --Shak. [bd]She might have forsaken him if he had not got the start of her.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Start \Start\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr. & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st[81]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st[94]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. [fb]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[91]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Start \Start\, n. [OE. stert a tail, AS. steort; akin to LG. stert, steert, D. staart, G. sterz, Icel. stertr, Dan. stiert, Sw. stjert. [fb]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.