(v. i.) To leap; to jump.
(v. i.) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from
surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary
act.
(v. i.) To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey;
to begin; as, to start business.
(v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or
a seam may start under strain or pressure.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to
invent.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as,
to start a water cask.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
(n.) A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious
impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
(v. i.) The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
(v. i.) The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel
bucket.
(v. i.) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
