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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Start-up :: Start-up (n.) One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.
Start :: Start (v. t.) To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..
Begin :: Begin (v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start..
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase..
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
Parvenu :: Parvenu (n.) An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.
Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start..
Ripper :: Ripper (n.) Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc..
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..
Startled :: Startish (a.) Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse..
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..
Jerky :: "Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style..
Cockhorse :: Cockhorse (a.) Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
Dart :: Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket..
Bolter :: Bolter (n.) One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.
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.
Startingly :: Starting () a. & n. from Start, v..
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