starting

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: start

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)“he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital”“his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen”Synonyms: start

Adjective (2)

(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear“with eyes starting from their sockets”
appropriate to the beginning or start of an event“the starting point”“hands in the starting position”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

start \start\ (st[aum]rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. started; p. pr. & vb. n. starting.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to hurl, rush, fall, G. st["u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st["o]rta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. [root]166. Cf. Start a tail.]

1.To leap; to jump. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

2.To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. [1913 Webster]

And maketh him out of his sleep to start.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

I start as from some dreadful dream.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]

But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business. [1913 Webster]

At once they start, advancing in a line.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still.— Byron.[1913 Webster]

4.To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. [1913 Webster]

To start after, to set out after; to follow; to pursue.

To start against, to act as a rival candidate against.

To start for, to be a candidate for, as an office.

To start up, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance. [1913 Webster]

Starting \Start"ing\ (st[aum]rt"[i^]ng), a. & n. from Start, v. [1913 Webster]

Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine.

Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]

Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.

Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. [1913 Webster]