Start

stärt, v.i. to move suddenly aside: to wince: to deviate: to begin: to proceed: to give way somewhat.— v.t. to cause to move suddenly: to disturb suddenly: to rouse suddenly from concealment: to set in motion: to call forth: to invent or discover: to move suddenly from its place: to loosen: to empty: to pour out.— n. a sudden movement: a sudden motion of the body: a sudden rousing to action: an unexpected movement: a sally: a sudden fit: a quick spring: the first motion from a point or place: the outset.— n. Start′er , one who starts.— adj. Start′ful , apt to start.— adv. Start′ingly ( Shak. ), by fits or starts.— ns. Start′ing-point , the point from which anything starts, or from which motion begins; Start′ing-post , the post or barrier from which the competitors in a race start or begin the race.— adj. Start′ish , apt to start, skittish.— ns. Start′-up ( Shak. ), an upstart; Start′uppe ( Spens. ), a kind of high shoe or half-boot.— Start after , to set out after, to pursue; Start up , to rise suddenly, to come suddenly into notice.— Get , or Have , the start , to begin before another, to obtain an advantage over another. [M. E. sterten ; closely akin to Dut. and Low Ger. storten , to plunge, Ger. stürzen .]