(v): set in motion, cause to start
(v): leave
(v): go away from a place
(v): have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
(v): bring into being
(v): make or cause to be or to become
(v): get off the ground
(v): set in motion, cause to start
(v): move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
(v): move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
(v): get going or set in motion
(v): begin or set in motion
(v): begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
(v): play in the starting lineup
(v): participate in games or sport
(v): have a beginning characterized in some specified way
(v): have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
(v): begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
(v): perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
(v): bulge outward
(v): assume a different shape or form
(n): the beginning of anything
(n): the event consisting of the start of something
(n): the time at which something is supposed to begin
(n): an instant of time
(n): a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
(n): (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
(n): a sudden involuntary movement
(n): an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
(n): the act of starting something
(n): the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
(n): a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
(n): in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
(n): a signal to begin (as in a race)
(n): any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
(n): the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
(n): the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
"'...the sudden spontaneous beating of men who are thought to move too slowly, or starting, as we call it...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 74