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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. get going or set in motion;
- Example: "We simply could not start the engine"
- Example: "start up the computer"
[syn: start, start up]

2. get off the ground;
- Example: "Who started this company?"
- Example: "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"
- Example: "I start my day with a good breakfast"
- Example: "We began the new semester"
- Example: "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"
- Example: "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
[syn: start, start up, embark on, commence]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

start up
    v 1: get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the
         engine"; "start up the computer" [syn: start, start up]
         [ant: stop]
    2: get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked
       on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good
       breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon
       session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the
       partisans launched a surprise attack" [syn: start, start
       up, embark on, commence]