start
Speech parts
1. start - Noun
2. start - Verb
3. Start - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
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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