What is the meaning of START. Phrases containing START
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The process of starting a large diesel engine using compressed air to turn the engine over.
Short for 'starting a fight' or initiating a violent confrontation. As in 'Are ye start'n on uz like eh?' People in the south of England were more likely to say 'You wanna go?'.
the protruding abdominal region of a woman when she starts to become noticeably pregnant (often creates speculation a woman is pregnant even when it's the result of bloating or the way clothes fall)
Verb. To help motivate, assist in promoting action. E.g."I think we need to bump start the project with an ideas session."
Bump start is British slang for a sudden rousing to action.
Stop and start is London Cockney rhyming slang for the heart.
a child who moves out to start his or her own life, then returns home to live (often as a result of the economy, but possibly due to irresponsibility of some kind)
Jump start is medical slang for to defibrillate, or restore normal contractions of the heart through the use of drugs or an electric shock.
For starters is slang for in the first place.
a fright (“you gave me such an awful startâ€)
Start is old slang for a prison.
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a.
Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
n.
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
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.
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v. i.
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
a.
Apt to start; skittish.
n.
One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.
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 move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
v. t.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
v. i.
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
adv.
In a startling manner.
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.
a.
Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse.
adv.
By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
n.
Aptness to start.
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