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Definition of Start

Start To leap; to jump. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. 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. 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. To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask. The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy. 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. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. Related Definitions: Act, Action, Alarm, Also, And, Any, Anything, Arm, Around, As, Become, Begin, Beginning, Being, Bone, Bottom, Bring, Bucket, Business, By, Capricious, Cask, Cause, Caused, Commence, Convulsive, Course, Curved, Dislocate, Displace, Displaced, Disturb, Drawing, Drawn, Effort, Emotion, Empty, Fancy, Fear, Feeling, Finish, First, Flee, Flowing, Fly, Fox, From, Front, Gin, Going, Handle, Horse, Impulse, In, Inclined, Into, Invent, Journey, Jump, Leap, Level, Like, Long, Loosen, Loosened, May, Mill, Motion, Move, Movement, Of, Onto, Opposed, Or, Originate, Other, Out, Outset, Pain, Place, Plow, Position, Pour, Pressure, Projecting, Race, Railway, Rivet, Rouse, Rumor, Running, Sally, Seam, Set, Setting, Somewhat, Spasm, Spasmodic, Spring, Start, Starting, Startle, Storm, Strain, Stream, Sudden, Surprise, Started, Tail, Tap, The, To, Train, Twitch, Under, Unexpected, Vessel, View, Voluntary, Water, With

Start Quotations I complete what I start. Rushi Prabhakar If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you. Julian Casablancas I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again. Gray Davis I start a picture and I finish it. Jean-Michel Basquiat Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe

Start Translations start in Afrikaans is begin, instel, aanskakel start in Danish is begynde, begyndelse start in Dutch is aanzetten tot, activeren, aanzetten start in German is Start {m}, Beginn {m} start in Italian is esordire, decollare, principio, comincio, inizio start in Latin is initium, incoho, origo, satus, orsa start in Norwegian is begynne start in Spanish is ponerse, arrancar, principiar, decolar, comienzo

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