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1. v. i. To leap; to jump. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. v. i. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. Source: opted

4. v. i. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. v. t. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. v. t. To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask. Source: opted

10. 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. Source: opted

11. n. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. Source: opted

12. n. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy. Source: opted

13. 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. Source: opted

14. v. i. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. Source: opted

15. v. i. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. Source: opted

16. v. i. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. Source: opted

17. v. i. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. Source: opted

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