n The beginning of an activity.
n A sudden involuntary movement.
n The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
n An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
n (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
n An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
n (UK, slang, archaic) A happening or proceeding.
v (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
v To set in motion.
v To begin.
v To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
v To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
v To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
v (intransitive) To begin an activity.
v (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.
v To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
v (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
v (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
v (transitive) To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
v (intransitive) To flinch or draw back.
v (transitive) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
v (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
v (transitive, sports) To put into play.
v (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
v (intransitive, euphemistic) To start one's periods (menstruation).
n An instance of starting.
n A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
n A handle, especially that of a plough.
n The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
n The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
n A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
n A surname from Old English.
n (medicine) Acronym of simple triage and rapid treatment.
n (law) Acronym of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.