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start

noun
  1. the act of starting something
    beginning
  2. a turn to be a starter in the beginning of a game
    “Occasionally young players get to start games when a more experienced player is injured.”
    starting
  3. a sudden involuntary movement
    “They awoke with a start.”
    jump
  4. the advantage gained by beginning early, as in a race
    “With an hour's start, I will be hard to catch.”
    head start
  5. a signal to begin (as in a race)
    “the starting signal was a green light”
    starting signal
  6. the beginning of anything
    “it was off to a good start”
  7. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
    scratchstarting linescratch line
  8. the time at which something is supposed to begin
    “they got an early start”
    beginning
verb
  1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
    getget downbeginstart outset aboutset outcommence
  2. set in motion, cause to start
    “The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”
    begin
  3. play in the starting lineup
  4. bring into being
    initiateoriginate
  5. get off the ground
    “Who started this company?”
    commencestart upembark on
  6. get going or set in motion
    “We simply could not start the engine”
    start up
  7. begin or set in motion
    “I start at eight in the morning”
    goget going
  8. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
    “The cat started when I walked into the room.”
    jump
  9. leave
    partblowtake offset offstart outset outset forthdepartshove offshove alongroar off
  10. bulge outward
    popbulgeprotrudecome outpop outbug out
  11. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
    take up
  12. begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
    begin
  13. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
    begin
  14. have a beginning characterized in some specified way
    begin