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