Meaning of start | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option
2. An instance of starting.
3. A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
4. Acronym of simple triage and rapid treatment.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
5. Acronym of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
7. A surname from Old English.
8. The city of London, England.
   UK, obsolete, slang
9. The beginning of an activity.
10. A sudden involuntary movement.
11. A surname from Old English
12. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
13. To conceive or have a first child.
14. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
15. The city of London, England
16. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
17. To cause trouble.
18. An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
19. Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (or Treaty).
20. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
21. the point from which something begins. beginpunt نُقْطَة البِدايَه отправна точка ponto de partida výchozí bod der Ausgangspunkt udgangspunkt αφετηρία lähtekoht علامت آغاز alkupiste point de départ נְקוּדַת הַתחָלָה आरंभ बिंदू polazna točka kiindulópont titik awal upphafspunktur punto di partenza 出発点 출발점 išeities taškas sākumpunkts; izejas punkts titik permulaan uitgangspuntutgangspunkt punkt wyjścia ponto de partida punct de plecare отправная точка východisko iztočnica početna tačka utgångsp...
22. An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
23. (used in argument etc) in the first place, or as the first point in an argument. You can't have a new bicycle because for a start we can't afford one. in die eerste plek بِدايَةً، أوَّل شَيْء най-напред para começar především erstens til at begynde med πρώτο και κυριότερο esiteks اولين نكته بحث ensinnäkin pour commencer קוֹדֶם כּוֹל प्रारंभ में, एक तो prvo, najprije először is tama í fyrsta lagi (tanto per cominciare) まず第一に 우선, 제일먼저 visų pirma pirmkārt yang pertamanya om te beginnen til å beg...
    etc
24. A happening or proceeding.
    UK, archaic, slang
25. to start well or badly in a race, business etc. goed/sleg op dreef kom يبدأ بِدايَةً جَيِّده أو سَيِّئَه започвам добре/зле começar bem/mal dobrý/špatný začátek einen guten/schlechten Start haben komme godt fra start κάνω καλή ή κακή αρχή hästi startima, halvasti startima شروع خوب يا بد داشتن saada hyvä/huono lähtö bien/mal commencer הַתחָלָה טוֹבָה/רָעָה अच्छी या खराब शुरुआत होना dobro/loše započeti jól, rosszul startol memulai dengan baik/buruk byrja vel/illa cominciare bene/male 出足がよい[] 출발...
    etc
26. 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”)
    alt-of
27. to begin a journey; to start off. We shall have to start out at dawn. begin reis يَبدأ الرِّحْلَه започвам partir dát se na cestu aufbrechen komme afsted ξεκινώ για ταξίδι liikvele minema راهی شدن lähteä liikkeelle se mettre en route לָצֵאת לַדֶרֶך शुरू करना, चल देना krenuti, početi elindul berangkat leggja af stað partire 出発する (~을) 시작하다 iškeliauti, leistis į kelionę doties ceļā berangkat vertrekkenlegge ut, dra av gårde ruszyć w drogę partir a porni la drum отправляться в путь (vy)dať sa na ...
28. to (cause to) begin or begin working etc. The machine suddenly started up; He has started up a new boys' club. begin, stig يَبدأ، يُؤَسِّس пускам в действие pôr(-se) a funcionar rozjet (se) anspringen, in Gang bringen starte; oprette βάζω, παίρνω μπρος käivitama, käivituma اقدام کردن؛ دست به کار شدن käynnistyä démarrer לְהַנִיע, לְהַתחִיל खोलना, शुरू करना pokrenuti što beindul; beindít mulai hidup, jalan setja í gang, starta avviarsi, avviare 始動する 시동을 걸다, (`~을) 시작하다 pradėti veikti, paleisti, ...
    etc
29. to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc. The sudden noise made me start. skrik يَقْفِز، يَهْتَز сепвам се sobressaltar-se vyskočit aufschrecken fare sammen τινάζομαι, πετάγομαι võpatama از جا پريدن säikähtää sursauter לִקפוֹץ बढ़ना, उछलना trgnuti se, lecnuti se felriad terkejut hrökkva við sobbalzare びくっとする 움찔하다, 펄쩍 뛰어오르다 krūptelėti satrūkties; salēkties terkejut schrikken fare opp/sammen wzdrygnąć się sobressaltar-se a tresări вздрагивать vyskočiť zdrzniti se poskočiti hoppa...
    etc
30. To begin a movement, activity, or undertaking: She started to dance. The dog started barking. Once we start in, we'll get a feel for the project.

Equivalents

Examples

“The movie was entertaining from start to finish.”

“I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, / Straining upon the start.”

“He woke with a start.”

“Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry.”

“The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me […]”

“Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.”

“Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.”

“Wilshere, who made his first start for England in the midweek friendly win over Denmark, raced into the penalty area and chose to cross rather than shoot - one of the very few poor selections he made in the match.”

“You generally see nursery starts at garden centres in mid to late spring. Small annual plants are generally sold in four-packs or larger packs, with each cell holding a single young plant.”

“to get, or have, the start”

““It's a rum start, old John Madingley's coming down to Tunnleton,” said Grafton, one evening in the smoking-room; […]”

“The fall of water is 6 feet, and the radius of the curve is 8 feet, from the centre of the water-wheel to the extreme point of the start.”

“... horses, a number of men who seemed to acquire strength as the necessity for it increased, applied their shoulders to the starts, or shafts of the gin, and worked it with extraordinary speed. By twelve o'clock, thirty-two[…]”

“[…] so that the horse may not expend his force in an oblique direction, but get a fair pull on the "starts."”

“With iron posts it is of course impossible to mortise in the starts and they were bolted between two cast-iron plates instead. The inclined stays were bolted to a[…]”

“It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent into the country to order, carefully packed up, and free from observation.”

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