Definition of start

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Start (n.) 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..

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Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush..
Start :: Start (v. t.) 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..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..
Startlish :: Startlingly (adv.) In a startling manner.
Upstart :: Upstart (v. i.) To start or spring up suddenly.
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An upstart.
Fidget :: Fidget (v. i.) To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts..
Finish :: Finish (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning..
Redstart :: Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches..
Upset :: Upset (a.) Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold..
Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings..
Gliff :: Gliff (n.) A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
Whip :: Whip (v. i.) To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner..
Start :: Start (v. t.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask..
Flush :: Flush (n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
Firetail :: Firetail (n.) The European redstart; -- called also fireflirt.
Startlingly :: Startle (n.) A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger..
Chancroid :: Chancroid (n.) A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre..
Start-up :: Start-up (n.) A kind of high rustic shoe.
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