Definitions
1.verbTo begin, commence, initiate.
2.verbTo begin an activity."The rain started at 9:00."
3.verbTo have its origin (at), begin."The blue line starts one foot away from the wall."
4.verbTo startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
5.verbTo break away, to come loose.
6.verbTo put into play.
7.verbTo pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from."to start a water cask"
8.verbTo start one's periods (menstruation)."Have you started yet?"
9.nounThe act of something that starts."constant startings and stoppings"