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      start
      noun
      The beginning of an activity.
      A sudden involuntary movement.
      The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
      An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
      (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
      An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
      An instance of starting.
      A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
      The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
      The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
      (video games) A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
      A surname from Old English.
      Alternative letter-case form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”) [(video games) A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.]
      Alternative form of Start (“a typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option”) [(video games) A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.]
      (law) Acronym of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
      (medicine) Acronym of simple triage and rapid treatment.
      (UK, slang, archaic) A happening or proceeding.
      (UK, slang, obsolete) The city of London, England.
      verb
      (ergative) To begin, commence, initiate.
      To set in motion.
      To begin.
      To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
      To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
      To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
      (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
      To move suddenly, from a previous state of rest; to startle.
      (intransitive) To jerk, jump up, flinch, or draw back in surprise.
      (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
      (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.
      (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
      (transitive, sports) To put into play.
      (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
      (intransitive, euphemistic) To begin one's menstrual cycle.
      adverb
      (dialectal, archaic) Completely, utterly.
      Synonyms for start
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