Definition of Starts

1. Noun. (plural of Start) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of start) ¹

3. Noun. (plural of start) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Starts

1. start [v] - See also: start

Lexicographical Neighbors of Starts

startish
startle
startle reaction
startle reflex
startle response
startled
startlement
startlements
startler
startlers
startles
startling
startlingly
startlish
startly
starts (current term)
starts up
startsy
startup
startupper
startups
starvation
starvation acidosis
starvations
starve
starved
starved aster
starvedly
starveling
starvelings

Literary usage of Starts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"Let me introduce yon to my wife. starts. GEORGE starts. [They attend to the piece. ... Enter GEORGE, he starts and scowls at her. She starts and dissembles. ..."

2. Sermons by Phillips Brooks (1896)
"NEW starts IN LIFE. " And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day he sent them into his vineyard."—MATTHEW zx. 2. ..."

3. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1881)
"... supervision of armies—Butler starts in person for Fort Fisher, contrary to Grant's expectation—Further delay of Thomas—Correspondence between Grant and ..."

4. The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens (1883)
"... starts FOR YORKSHIRE. OF HIS LEAVE-TAKING AND HIS FELLOW- TRAVELLERS, AND WHAT BEFELL THEM ON THE ..."

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