Definition of start

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Start (v. i.) 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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Astart :: Astart (v. t. & i.) Same as Astert.
Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To deter; to cause to deviate.
Dehorn :: Dehorn (v. t.) To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.
Dissilient :: Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant..
Start :: Start (v. i.) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room..
Startish :: Startingly (adv.) By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An upstart.
Gliff :: Gliff (n.) A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
Startling :: Startled (imp. & p. p.) of Startl.
Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start..
Start :: Start (v. i.) A tail, or anything projecting like a tail..
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts..
Start :: Start (v. t.) 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..
Water Flea :: Water flea () Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts..
Start :: Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort..
Whim :: Whim (n.) A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
Start :: Start (n.) A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy..
Life :: Life (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual..
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