Definition of start

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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..

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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..
Outset :: Outset (n.) A setting out, starting, or beginning..
Flush :: Flush (v. i.) To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings..
Jerky :: "Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style..
Forehand :: Forehand (n.) Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush..
Kindle :: Kindle (v. i.) To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
Startful :: Starter (n.) A dog that rouses game.
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
Base :: Base (n.) The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag..
Dissiliency :: Dissiliency (n.) The act of leaping or starting asunder.
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..
Finish :: Finish (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant..
Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Shy :: Shy (n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse..
Start :: 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..
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