| Start | |
| 1. n. A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option. | |
| 2. n. The beginning of an activity. | |
| The movie was entertaining from start to finish. | |
| 3. n. A sudden involuntary movement. | |
| He woke with a start. | |
| 4. n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. | |
| 5. n. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match. | |
| Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday. | |
| 6. n. (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later. | |
| 7. n. An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start. | |
| to get, or have, the start | |
| 8. v. To begin, commence, initiate. | |
| 9. v. To set in motion. | |
| to start a stream of water; to start a rumour; to start a business | |
| 10. v. To begin. | |
| 11. v. To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine. | |
| to start the engine | |
| 12. v. To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion). | |
| 13. v. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To begin an activity. | |
| The rain started at 9:00. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin. | |
| The speed limit is 50 km/h, starting at the edge of town. | |
| The blue line starts one foot away from the wall. | |
| 16. v. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) To awaken suddenly. | |
| 19. v. To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly. | |
| The hounds started a fox. | |
| 20. v. 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 | |
| 21. v. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, sports) To put into play. | |
| 23. v. (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from. | |
| to start a water cask | |
| 24. v. (intransitive, euphemistic) To start one's periods (menstruation). | |
| Have you started yet? | |
| 25. n. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. | |
| 26. n. A handle, especially that of a plough. | |
| 27. n. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket. | |
| 28. n. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. | |
