What is the meaning of starting?

noun

• A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning. )
  • usage: "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"
  • synonyms: start

verb

• Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
  • usage: "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
  • synonyms: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
• Set in motion, cause to start.
  • usage: "The U. S. Started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
  • synonyms: begin, lead off, start, commence
• Leave.
  • usage: "The family took off for Florida"
  • synonyms: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
• Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense.
  • usage: "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250, 000"
  • synonyms: begin, start
• Bring into being.
  • usage: "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
  • synonyms: originate, initiate, start
• Get off the ground.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: start, start up, embark on, commence
• Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm.
  • usage: "She startled when I walked into the room"
  • synonyms: startle, jump, start
• Get going or set in motion.
  • usage: "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"
  • synonyms: start, start up
• Begin or set in motion.
  • usage: "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go"
  • synonyms: start, go, get going
• Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job.
  • usage: "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
  • synonyms: start, take up
• Play in the starting lineup.
  • synonyms: start
• Have a beginning characterized in some specified way.
  • usage: "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
  • synonyms: begin, start
• Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object.
  • usage: "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
  • synonyms: begin, start
• Bulge outward.
  • usage: "His eyes popped"
  • synonyms: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out

adjective

• Especially of eyes. ( bulging or protruding as with fear)
  • usage: "with eyes starting from their sockets"
• Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event.
  • usage: "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"