1. [v]  get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
2. [v]  get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"

Start Up
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1. \Start"-up`\, n.
   1. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.]
      --Shak.
   2. A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] --Drayton.
            A startuppe, or clownish shoe.        --Spenser.
   

2. \Start"-up`\, a.
   Upstart. [R.] --Walpole.