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start (st&ä;rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. started; p. pr. & vb. n. starting.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to hurl, rush, fall, G. st&ü;rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st&ö;rta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. √166. Cf. Start a tail.] 1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.]
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2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
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And maketh him out of his sleep to start. Chaucer.
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I start as from some dreadful dream. Dryden.
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Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. I. Watts.
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But if he start,
It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. Shak.
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3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business.
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At once they start, advancing in a line. Dryden.
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At intervals some bird from out the brakes
Starts into voice a moment, then is still. Byron.
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4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
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To start after, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. -- To start against, to act as a rival candidate against. -- To start for, to be a candidate for, as an office. -- To start up, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance.
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Start (st&ä;rt), v. t. 1. To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.
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Upon malicious bravery dost thou come
To start my quiet? Shak.
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Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar. Shak.
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2. To bring into being or into view; to originate; to invent.
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Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start. Sir W. Temple.
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3. To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
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I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which the people love to start in discourse. Addison.
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4. To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
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One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman.
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5. [Perh. from D. storten, which has this meaning also.] (Naut.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
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Start, n. 1. 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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The fright awakened Arcite with a start. Dryden.
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2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
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For she did speak in starts distractedly. Shak.
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Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry. L'Estrange.
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3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
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To check the starts and sallies of the soul. Addison.
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4. 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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The start of first performance is all. Bacon.
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I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. Shak.
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At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.]
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At a start he was betwixt them two. Chaucer.
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To get the start, or To have the start, to begin before another; to gain or have the advantage in a similar undertaking; -- usually with of. “Get the start of the majestic world.” Shak. “She might have forsaken him if he had not got the start of her.” Dryden.
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Start, n. [OE. stert a tail, AS. steort; akin to LG. stert, steert, D. staart, G. sterz, Icel. stertr, Dan. stiert, Sw. stjert. √166. Cf. Stark naked, under Stark, Start, v. i.] 1. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
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2. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
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4. (Mining) The arm, or lever, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
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START (st&ä;rt), n. [From Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.] A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each country.
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