Start meaning
An example of start is the beginning of a novel.
Eyes that fairly started from their sockets in fear.
Start school.
The manager started him in marketing.
Start a business.
Start seedlings.
At the start of the decade.
Our rivals have a three-month start in research.
Eyes starting in fear.
A pitcher with 30 starts for the season.
Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.
- To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.To start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
- (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
- To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.The hounds started a fox.
To start a water cask.
An example of start is to begin work on a long research project.
An example of start is how you might wake up when you are surprised and jerk when awakened.
Started at the loud noise.
- To conceive or have a first child.
- To begin an activity regarding (something):.Start in on a new book.
- To begin to criticize or complain about (someone or something).
- To cause trouble.
- At the beginning; initially.
- In any case.
- To bring forward an issue, question, etc. for consideration.
- To begin a task, activity, etc.
- To start a journey.
- To make a start on some course of action or procedure.
- To cause a disturbance or trouble.
- To rise up or stand suddenly, as in fright.
- To come into being suddenly; spring up.
- To cause (a motor, etc.) to begin running.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of start
- Middle English sterten to move or leap suddenly from Old English styrtan ster-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English sterten (“to leap up suddenly, rush out"), from Old English styrtan (“to leap up, start"), from Proto-Germanic *sturtijanÄ… (“to startle, move, set in motion"), causative of *stirtanÄ… (“to leap, tumble"), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *strÄ“- (“to be strong, steady, rigid, fixed"). Cognate with Old Frisian stirta (“to fall down, tumble"), Middle Dutch sterten (Dutch storten, “to rush, fall, collapse"), Old High German sturzen (German stürzen, “to hurl, plunge, turn upside down"), Old High German sterzan (“to be stiff, protrude"). More at stare.
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle"). See below.
From Wiktionary
- The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.
From Wiktionary