Meaning of start in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The beginning of an activity.

  Example: The movie was entertaining from start to finish.

• A sudden involuntary movement.

  Example: He woke with a start.

• The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.

  Example: Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.

• An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.

  Example: Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.

• A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.

• An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.

  Example: to get, or have, the start

verb

• To begin, commence, initiate.

• To begin an activity.

  Example: The rain started at 9:00.

• To have its origin (at), begin.

  Example: The blue line starts one foot away from the wall.

• To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.

• To break away, to come loose.

• To put into play.

• To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.

  Example: to start a water cask

• To start one's periods (menstruation).

  Example: Have you started yet?

noun

• A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.

• A handle, especially that of a plough.

• The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.

• The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.