Definition of starts Starts
/stɑˈɹts/ - [starts] -
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Wiktionary 
- starts (Noun)
Plural of start.
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| start - the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start" | ||
| beginning the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" | ||
| adrenarche the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty | ||
| menarche the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman | ||
| thelarche the start of breast development in a woman at the beginning of puberty | ||
| oncoming, onset the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia" | ||
| dawn, morning the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" | ||
| flying start, running start a quick and auspicious beginning | ||
| opener a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans) | ||
| alpha the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet | ||
| curtain raising, opening night, opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" | ||
| start-off, send-off, kickoff (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score | ||
| start - 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" | ||
| starting | ||
| turn, play taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" | ||
| start - the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch" | ||
| head start | ||
| start - a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | ||
| starting line, scratch, scratch line | ||
| start - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" | ||
| beginning, commencement | ||
| finishing, finish the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" | ||
| change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | ||
| jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" | ||
| activation making active and effective (as a bomb) | ||
| tone-beginning, attack a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase | ||
| constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" | ||
| first appearance, debut, unveiling, launching, entry, introduction the presentation of a debutante in society | ||
| face-off (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players | ||
| first step, opening move, initiative, opening the first of a series of actions | ||
| groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project | ||
| housing start the act of starting to construct a house | ||
| icebreaker a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere; "he told jokes as an icebreaker" | ||
| inauguration, startup the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes" | ||
| founding, instauration, origination, innovation, initiation, institution, creation, foundation, introduction the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" | ||
| installing, installation, instalment, installment the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" | ||
| jump ball (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate | ||
| kickoff (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score | ||
| recommencement, resumption beginning again | ||
| scrum, scrummage (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession | ||
| start - 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" | ||
| beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset | ||
| middle the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" | ||
| ending, end the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| point in time, point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" | ||
| birth the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" | ||
| incipience, incipiency beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" | ||
| starting point, terminus a quo earliest limiting point | ||
| start - a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" | ||
| startle, jump | ||
| inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | ||
| startle reaction, startle response a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions | ||
| moro reflex, startle reflex a normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs | ||
| start - a signal to begin (as in a race); "the starting signal was a green light"; "the runners awaited the start" | ||
| starting signal | ||
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| start - 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 up, embark on, commence | ||
| lead off, commence, begin, start teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" | ||
| kick off, inaugurate be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" | ||
| open make available; "This opens up new possibilities" | ||
| start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" | ||
| start up | ||
| stop cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief" | ||
| get going, start, go play in the starting lineup | ||
| kick-start start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter | ||
| hot-wire start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock; "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van" | ||
| re-start, restart start an engine again, for example | ||
| crank up, crank bend into the shape of a crank | ||
| jump-start, jumpstart, jump start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process" | ||
| start - play in the starting lineup | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| start - bulge outward; "His eyes popped" | ||
| protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out | ||
| change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form | ||
| start - begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" | ||
| take up | ||
| take office assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?" | ||
| start - begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" | ||
| go, get going | ||
| halt, stop cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" | ||
| come on, go on, come up occur or become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake" | ||
| get off the ground, take off get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground" | ||
| start - 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" | ||
| get down, begin, get, start out, set about, set out, commence | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| recommence begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap" | ||
| strike out set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| jump off set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class" | ||
| get to arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long" | ||
| auspicate commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne" | ||
| attack begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" | ||
| break in make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" | ||
| launch, plunge smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster" | ||
| come on occur or become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake" | ||
| embark, enter set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" | ||
| bestir oneself, get cracking, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving, get going start to be active; "Get cracking, please!" | ||
| begin 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 - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" | ||
| originate, initiate | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| originate in come from | ||
| lead up, initiate set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II" | ||
| set set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments" | ||
| date back, date from go back | ||
| start - 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" | ||
| begin, lead off, commence | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| begin, start 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" | ||
| jump-start, jumpstart start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process" | ||
| recommence begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap" | ||
| usher in, inaugurate, introduce be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" | ||
| set off set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start" | ||
| embark on, start up, commence, start play in the starting lineup | ||
| begin 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 - leave; "The family took off for Florida" | ||
| depart, part, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off | ||
| go forth, go away, leave leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" | ||
| part with, dispense with, spare, give up forgo or do or go without | ||
| lift off, take off remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" | ||
| roar off leave; "The car roared off into the fog" | ||
| blaze out, blaze indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail" | ||
| sally forth, sally out set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner | ||
| start - 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" | ||
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| cease, end, terminate, finish, stop bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| break out, erupt begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting" | ||
| bud start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship" | ||
| break out begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting" | ||
| begin, start 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" | ||
| begin 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" | ||
| kick in, set in open violently; "kick in the doors" | ||
| dawn become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" | ||
| originate bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" | ||
| start - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" | ||
| startle, jump | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| shy throw quickly | ||
| boggle startle with amazement or fear | ||
| rear back rear backwards on its hind legs; "the frightened horse reared back" | ||
| jackrabbit go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement | ||
| start - 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" | ||
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| begin, start 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" | ||
| begin 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" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| start - 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" | ||
| begin | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
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Wiktionary
- start (Noun)
The beginning of an activity. - start (Noun)
A sudden involuntary movement. - start (Noun)
The beginning point of a race. - start (Noun)
An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match. - 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 (Verb)
To set in motion. - start (Verb)
To begin. - start (Verb)
To initiate a vehicle or machine. - start (Verb)
To put or raise a question, an objection; to put forward a subject for discussion. - start (Verb)
To begin an activity. - start (Verb)
To jerk suddenly in surprise. - start (Verb)
To awaken suddenly. - start (Verb)
To break away, to come loose .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- start (v. i.)
To leap; to jump. - start (v. i.)
To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. - start (v. i.)
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. - start (v. i.)
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. - start (v. t.)
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. - start (v. t.)
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. - start (v. t.)
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. - start (v. t.)
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. - start (v. t.)
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask. - start (n.)
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. - start (n.)
A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. - start (n.)
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy. - start (n.)
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. - start (v. i.)
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. - start (v. i.)
The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. - start (v. i.)
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. - start (v. i.)
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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The beginning of an activity or event. -
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To begin an activity. -
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To have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense. -
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To initiate the engine of a vehicle.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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stärt, v.i. to move suddenly aside: to wince: to deviate: to begin: to proceed: to give way somewhat.—v.t. to cause to move suddenly: to disturb suddenly: to rouse suddenly from concealment: to set in motion: to call forth: to invent or discover: to move suddenly from its place: to loosen: to empty: to pour out.—n. a sudden movement: a sudden motion of the body: a sudden rousing to action: an unexpected movement: a sally: a sudden fit: a quick spring: the first motion from a point or place: the outset.—n. Start′er, one who starts.—adj. Start′ful, apt to start.—adv. Start′ingly (Shak.), by fits or starts.—ns. Start′ing-point, the point from which anything starts, or from which motion begins; Start′ing-post, the post or barrier from which the competitors in a race start or begin the race.—adj. Start′ish, apt to start, skittish.—ns. Start′-up (Shak.), an upstart; Start′uppe (Spens.), a kind of high shoe or half-boot.—Start after, to set out after, to pursue; Start up, to rise suddenly, to come suddenly into notice.—Get, or Have, the start, to begin before another, to obtain an advantage over another. [M. E. sterten; closely akin to Dut. and Low Ger. storten, to plunge, Ger. stürzen.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A long handle or tail; whence, by analogy, "start point." But sometimes applied by navigators to any point from which a departure is taken. Also, the expected place of a struck whale's rising, after having plunged or sounded.--To start, applied to liquids, is to empty; but if to any weight, as the anchor, &c., implies to move.--To start bread. To turn it out of bags or casks, and stow it in bulk.--To start a butt-end. When a plank has loosened or sprung at the butt-end, by the ship's labouring, or other cause.--To start a tack or sheet. To slack it off, as in tacking or manœuvring, "raise tacks and sheets."
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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Newgate: he is gone to the start, or the old start. CANT.
