Start

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking.
  • intransitive verb. To move on the initial part of a journey.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To have a beginning; commence.
  • intransitive verb. To come quickly into view, life, or activity; spring forth.
  • intransitive verb. To have as an initial part or job.
  • intransitive verb. To move one's body or a part of it suddenly or involuntarily.
  • intransitive verb. To be in the initial lineup of a game or race.
  • intransitive verb. To protrude or bulge.
  • intransitive verb. To become loosened or disengaged.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To take the first step in doing: synonym: begin.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to come into being; make happen or originate.
  • intransitive verb. To set into motion, operation, or activity.
  • intransitive verb. To begin to attend.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (someone) to have an initial position or role.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To play in the initial lineup of (a game).
  • intransitive verb. To put (a player) into the initial lineup of a game.
  • intransitive verb. To enter (a participant) into a race or game.
  • intransitive verb. To found; establish.
  • intransitive verb. To tend in an early stage of development.
  • intransitive verb. To rouse (game) from its hiding place or lair; flush.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to become displaced or loosened.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An act of beginning; an initial effort.
  • noun. The beginning of a new construction project.
  • noun. A result of an initial effort.
  • noun. A place or time of beginning.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A starting line for a race.
  • noun. A signal to begin a race.
  • noun. An instance of beginning a race.
  • noun. An instance of being in the starting lineup for a game, especially as a pitcher.
  • noun. A startled reaction or movement.
  • noun. A part that has become dislocated or loosened.
  • noun. A position of advantage over others, as in a race or an endeavor; a lead.
  • noun. An opportunity granted to pursue a career or course of action.
  • idiom. (start a family) To conceive or have a first child.
  • idiom. (start in on) To begin an activity regarding (something).
  • idiom. (start in on) To begin to criticize or complain about (someone or something).
  • idiom. (start something) To cause trouble.
  • idiom. (to start with) At the beginning; initially.
  • idiom. (to start with) In any case.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tail; the tail of an animal: thus, redstart is literally redtail.
  • noun. Something resembling a tail; a handle: as, a plow-start (or plow-tail).
  • noun. The sharp point of a young stag's horn.
  • noun. In mining, the beam or lever to which the horse is attached in a horse-whim or gin.
  • noun. In an overshot water-wheel, one of the partitions which determine the form of the bucket.
  • Word Usage
    "There need be no waste of time in Morocco, even as there is no convention: having decided to start -- _start_."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    stop  
    cross-reference
    Equivalent
    Form
    starter  
    Hypernym
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    Hyponym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Art  Bart  Carte  Descartes  Hart  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    begin  break  call  close  conclusion  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    A  activate  advance  advantage  aid  
    verb-form
    started  starting  starts