A Quick and Simple Dictionary

START

1. Acronym.  Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
2. Noun.  A typical button for video games, with varying results. Often, it pauses a game, starts a game or chooses an option.
3. Noun.  The beginning of an activity.
4. Noun.  A sudden involuntary movement.
5. Noun.  The beginning point of a race.
6. Noun.  An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
7. Noun.  Short for start button; see also Start.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To set in motion.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To begin.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To initiate a vehicle or machine.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
12. Verb.  (intransitive) To begin an activity.
13. Verb.  (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.
14. Verb.  (intransitive) To awaken suddenly.
15. Verb.  (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.