Associations to the word «Start»

Wiktionary

START, noun. The beginning of an activity.
START, noun. A sudden involuntary movement.
START, noun. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
START, noun. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
START, noun. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
START, verb. (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
START, verb. To set in motion.
START, verb. To begin.
START, verb. ​To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine.
START, verb. To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
START, verb. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
START, verb. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
START, verb. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
START, verb. (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
START, verb. (transitive) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
START, verb. (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
START, verb. To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
START, verb. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
START, verb. (nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
START, noun. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
START, noun. A handle, especially that of a plough.
START, noun. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
START, noun. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
START, noun. A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
START, acronym. (law) Acronym of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
START, acronym. (medical) Acronym of simple triage and rapid treatment.
START BUTTON, noun. (computing) (GUI) a labeled button in some versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that opens a directory of a computer's software programs and other files
START BUTTONS, noun. Plural of Start button
START CODON, noun. The codon at which translation of mRNA into protein starts, encoding the first amino acid.
START CODONS, noun. Plural of start codon
START MENU, proper noun. (computing) A menu in Microsoft Windows that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.
START OFF, verb. To begin.
START OFF, verb. To set out on a trip.
START OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, verb. (idiomatic) To begin badly; especially, to begin a relationship badly.
START OUT, verb. To begin one's life, or occupation.
START OVER, verb. (idiomatic) (ambitransitive) to begin again; to return to the beginning
START THE BALL ROLLING, verb. Alternative form of get the ball rolling
START UP, verb. (intransitive) To rise suddenly.
START UP, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To begin to operate.
START UP, verb. (intransitive) (colloquial) To begin.

Dictionary definition

START, noun. The beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start".
START, noun. The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her".
START, noun. A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen".
START, noun. A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start".
START, noun. The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations".
START, noun. A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game.
START, noun. A signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start".
START, noun. The advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch".
START, verb. Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now".
START, verb. Set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life".
START, verb. Leave; "The family took off for Florida".
START, verb. Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000".
START, verb. Bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation".
START, verb. Get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack".
START, verb. Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room".
START, verb. Get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer".
START, verb. Begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!".
START, verb. Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job".
START, verb. Play in the starting lineup.
START, verb. Have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony".
START, verb. Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade".
START, verb. Bulge outward; "His eyes popped".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope