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  • a. & n. from start, v.
  • a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine.
  • a loophole; evasion.
  • the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.
  • a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race.
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  • verb. Present participle of start.
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  • adjective. (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
  • adjective. appropriate to the beginning or start of an event
  • noun. a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
  • Word Usage
    "Catholic college yanks courses by gay priest Share Chestnut Hill College, a Roman Catholic institution in Philadelphia, last week told a gay priest who had been a popular adjunct there for several semesters that he was no longer welcome to teach the two religion courses he had been offered for the term starting this week."
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    play  turn  
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    Words with the same terminal sound
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    start  
    verb-stem
    start