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

1. intransitive verb. To leap; to jump.
2. intransitive verb. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
3. intransitive verb. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
4. intransitive verb. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
5. transitive 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.
6. transitive verb. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
7. transitive 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.
8. transitive 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.
9. transitive verb. To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
10. noun. 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.
11. noun. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
12. noun. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
13. noun. 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.
14. intransitive verb. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
15. intransitive verb. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
16. intransitive verb. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
17. intransitive verb. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
18. noun. the act of starting something

    "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

    Synonyms: beginning, commencement

19. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: starting

20. noun. a sudden involuntary movement

    "he awoke with a start"

    Synonyms: jump, startle

21. noun. the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

    "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch"

22. noun. a signal to begin (as in a race)

    "the starting signal was a green light"

    "the runners awaited the start"

23. noun. the beginning of anything

    "it was off to a good start"

24. noun. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

    Synonyms: scratch

25. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime

26. verb. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

    "We began working at dawn"

    "Who will start?"

    Synonyms: begin, commence, get

27. verb. set in motion, cause to start

    "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"

    "The Iraqis began hostilities"

    Synonyms: begin, commence

28. verb. play in the starting lineup
29. verb. bring into being

    "He initiated a new program"

    "Start a foundation"

    Synonyms: initiate, originate

30. verb. get off the ground

    "Who started this company?"

    "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"

    Synonyms: commence

31. verb. get going or set in motion

    "We simply could not start the engine"

    "start up the computer"

32. verb. begin or set in motion

    "I start at eight in the morning"

    "Ready, set, go!"

    Synonyms: go

33. verb. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

    "She startled when I walked into the room"

    Synonyms: jump, startle

34. verb. leave

    "The family took off for Florida"

    Synonyms: depart, part

35. verb. bulge outward

    "His eyes popped"

    Synonyms: bulge, pop, protrude

36. verb. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

    "Take up a position"

    "start a new job"

37. verb. 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: begin

38. verb. 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: begin

39. verb. have a beginning characterized in some specified way

    "The novel begins with a murder"

    "My property begins with the three maple trees"

    Synonyms: begin

Synonyms

beginning, commencement, starting, jump, startle, scratch, first, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, begin, commence, get, initiate, originate, go, depart, part, bulge, pop, protrude

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in start:

tarts

Common word forms

starts, started, starter, startly, startful, starting

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