To leap; to jump. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap,
from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a
voluntary act. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or
journey; to begin; as, to start in business. To cause to move
suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse;
to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox. To move
suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to
dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in
the vessel. To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing
from; as, to start a water cask. The act of starting; a sudden
spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the
like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion. A convulsive
motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. The beginning, as
of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place;
act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish. The
beginning of a race. A point or area one begins at when solving
a Maze. Mazes can have