Dictionary Entry
start
start is a 5-letter English word with 39 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To leap; to jump. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 39 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To leap; to jump.
- 2intransitive verb
To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
- 3intransitive verb
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
- 4intransitive verb
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
- 5transitive verb
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.
- 6transitive verb
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- 7transitive verb
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.
- 8transitive verb
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.
- 9transitive verb
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
- 10noun
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.
- 11noun
A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
- 12noun
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
- 13noun
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.
- 14intransitive verb
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
- 15intransitive verb
The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
- 16intransitive verb
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
- 17intransitive verb
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
- 18noun
the act of starting something
"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
Synonyms
- 19noun
a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
"he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"
"his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"
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- 20noun
a sudden involuntary movement
"he awoke with a start"
- 21noun
the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
"with an hour's start he will be hard to catch"
- 22noun
a signal to begin (as in a race)
"the starting signal was a green light"
"the runners awaited the start"
- 23noun
the beginning of anything
"it was off to a good start"
- 24noun
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
Synonyms
- 25noun
the time at which something is supposed to begin
"they got an early start"
"she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
- 26verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"
"Who will start?"
- 27verb
set in motion, cause to start
"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"
"The Iraqis began hostilities"
- 28verb
play in the starting lineup
- 29verb
bring into being
"He initiated a new program"
"Start a foundation"
- 30verb
get off the ground
"Who started this company?"
"We embarked on an exciting enterprise"
Synonyms
- 31verb
get going or set in motion
"We simply could not start the engine"
"start up the computer"
- 32verb
begin or set in motion
"I start at eight in the morning"
"Ready, set, go!"
Synonyms
- 33verb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
"She startled when I walked into the room"
- 34verb
leave
"The family took off for Florida"
- 35verb
bulge outward
"His eyes popped"
- 36verb
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
"Take up a position"
"start a new job"
- 37verb
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
"begin a cigar"
"She started the soup while it was still hot"
Synonyms
- 38verb
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
"The DMZ begins right over the hill"
"The second movement begins after the Allegro"
Synonyms
- 39verb
have a beginning characterized in some specified way
"The novel begins with a murder"
"My property begins with the three maple trees"
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