start

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• COUNT in NET: 28 in 26 verses (in OT : 25 in 23 verses) (in NT : 3 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

start, v. i. [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to hurl, rush, fall, G. stÜrzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. störta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. √166. Cf. Start a tail.].

•  To leap; to jump.  [1913 Webster]
•  To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.  [1913 Webster]

  "And maketh him out of his sleep to start."  [1913 Webster]

  "I start as from some dreadful dream."  [1913 Webster]

  "Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside."  [1913 Webster]

  "But if he start,
  It is the flesh of a corrupted heart."  [1913 Webster]
•  To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business.  [1913 Webster]

  "At once they start, advancing in a line."  [1913 Webster]

  "At intervals some bird from out the brakes
  Starts into voice a moment, then is still."  [1913 Webster]
•  To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.  [1913 Webster]

To start after, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. -- To start against, to act as a rival candidate against. -- To start for, to be a candidate for, as an office. -- To start up, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance.

start, v. t. 

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Upon malicious bravery dost thou come
  To start my quiet?"  [1913 Webster]

  "Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring into being or into view; to originate; to invent.  [1913 Webster]

  "Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.  [1913 Webster]

  "I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which the people love to start in discourse."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum."  [1913 Webster]
•  To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.  [1913 Webster]

start, n. 

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "The fright awakened Arcite with a start."  [1913 Webster]
•  A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.  [1913 Webster]

  "For she did speak in starts distractedly."  [1913 Webster]

  "Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry."  [1913 Webster]
•  A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.  [1913 Webster]

  "To check the starts and sallies of the soul."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "The start of first performance is all."  [1913 Webster]

  "I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
  Straining upon the start."  [1913 Webster]

  "At a start he was betwixt them two."  [1913 Webster]

At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.]

To get the start, or To have the start, to begin before another; to gain or have the advantage in a similar undertaking; -- usually with of. “Get the start of the majestic world.” Shak. “She might have forsaken him if he had not got the start of her.” Dryden.

start, n. [OE. stert a tail, AS. steort; akin to LG. stert, steert, D. staart, G. sterz, Icel. stertr, Dan. stiert, Sw. stjert. √166. Cf. Stark naked, under Stark, Start, v. i.].

•  A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.  [1913 Webster]
•  The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.  [1913 Webster]
•  The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.  [1913 Webster]
•  The arm, or lever, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.  [1913 Webster]

start, n. [From Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.].

 A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each country.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

start, abbr. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (or Talks).

start, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. begin; commence (started work; started crying; started to shout; the play starts at eight).
2 tr. set (proceedings, an event, etc.) in motion (start the meeting; started a fire).
3 intr. (often foll. by on) make a beginning (started on a new project).
4 intr. (often foll. by after, for) set oneself in motion or action ('wait!' he shouted, and started after her).
5 intr. set out; begin a journey etc. (we start at 6 a.m.).
6 (often foll. by up) a intr. (of a machine) begin operating (the car wouldn't start). b tr. cause (a machine etc.) to begin operating (tried to start the engine).
7 tr. a cause or enable (a person) to make a beginning (with something) (started me in business with {pound}10,000). b (foll. by pres. part.) cause (a person) to begin (doing something) ( the smoke started me coughing). c Brit. colloq. complain or be critical (don't you start).
8 tr. (often foll. by up) found or establish; originate.
9 intr. (foll. by at, with) have as the first of a series of items, e.g. in a meal (we started with soup).
10 tr. give a signal to (competitors) to start in a race.
11 intr. (often foll. by up, from, etc.) make a sudden movement from surprise, pain, etc. (started at the sound of my voice).
12 intr. (foll. by out, up, from, etc.) spring out, up, etc. (started up from the chair).
13 tr. conceive (a baby).
14 tr. rouse (game etc.) from its lair.
15 a intr. (of timbers etc.) spring from their proper position; give way. b tr. cause or experience (timbers etc.) to do this.
16 intr. (foll. by out, to, etc.) (of a thing) move or appear suddenly (tears started to his eyes).
17 intr. (foll. by from) (of eyes, usu. with exaggeration) burst forward (from their sockets etc.).
18 tr. pour out (liquor) from a cask.
--n.
1 a beginning of an event, action, journey, etc. (missed the start; an early start tomorrow; made a fresh start).
2 the place from which a race etc. begins.
3 an advantage given at the beginning of a race etc. (a 15-second start).
4 an advantageous initial position in life, business, etc. (a good start in life).
5 a sudden movement of surprise, pain, etc. (you gave me a start).
6 an intermittent or spasmodic effort or movement (esp. in or by fits and starts).
7 colloq. a surprising occurrence (a queer start; a rum start).

Idiom

for a start colloq. as a beginning; in the first place. get the start of gain an advantage over. start a hare see HARE. start in colloq.
1 begin.
2 (foll. by on) US make a beginning on.
start off
1 begin; commence (started off on a lengthy monologue).
2 begin to move (it's time we started off).
start out
1 begin a journey.
2 colloq. (foll. by to + infin.) proceed as intending (to do something). start over US begin again. start school attend school for the first time. start something colloq. cause trouble. start up arise; occur.
to start with
1 in the first place; before anything else is considered (should never have been there to start with).
2 at the beginning (had six members to start with).

Etymology

OE (orig. in sense 11) f. Gmc

THESAURUS

start

A, activate, advance, advantage, aid, allowance, alpha, arise, assistance, attack, avoid, backing, base, basis, be off, be startled, beat, beget, begin, beginning, beginnings, birth, blanch, blast away, blast off, blast-off, blench, blink, bob, boggle, bolt, border line, bounce, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break, break boundary, break open, break up, breakoff point, bring before, bring forward, bring up, broach, buck, buckjump, bulge, bundle, bundle off, burst, capriole, carry away, ceiling, chance, chase, circumscription, clear, coign of vantage, come apart, come off, come undone, come unstuck, come up, commence, commencement, commend to attention, compass, confine, constitute, course, crack, crack up, create, creation, cringe, crop up, curvet, cutoff, cutoff point, cutting edge, dart, dawn, dawning, deadline, deadwood, delimitation, depart, determinant, develop, disintegrate, dive in, dive into, division line, dodge, dog, draw, draw back, drive, drop, duck, edge, embark, embark on, emerge, emergence, encouragement, end, enter, enter on, enter upon, establish, establishment, evade, extremity, fade, falcon, fall back, fall off, fall to, fall to pieces, father, fight shy, financing, finish, fissure, flick, flinch, flip, flirt, float, floor, flounce, flush, fly apart, flying start, follow the hounds, found, foundation, founding, fowl, fracture, fresh start, frontier, genesis, get busy, get going, get loose, get off, get to, get under way, get with it, give a start, give away, give birth to, give way, go, go ahead, go forth, go hunting, go to it, go to pieces, gun, handicap, hang back, hawk, head into, head start, hedge, help, high-water mark, hippety-hop, hit the road, hitch, hop, hop to it, hound, hunt, hunt down, hurdle, inaugurate, inauguration, inception, initiate, initiation, inside track, institute, institution, interface, introduce, issue, issue forth, jack, jacklight, jar, jerk, jib, jig, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jump, jump a mile, jump off, jump over, jump to it, jump-off, kick off, kick-off, launch, launch into, lay before, lead, leading edge, leap, leap over, leapfrog, leave, light into, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, line of departure, low-water mark, lower limit, make a motion, march, mark, mete, moot, move, negotiate, new departure, odds, offer a resolution, oncoming, onset, open, open up, opening, opportunity, organize, origin, originate, origination, outbreak, outset, outsetting, outstart, overjump, overleap, overskip, panic, peel off, pitch in, pitch into, pluck, plunge into, point of departure, port of embarkation, pose, postulate, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, prefer, proceed, propose, proposition, propound, protrude, prowl after, pull back, put forth, put forward, put in motion, put it to, quail, recoil, recommend, reel back, retreat, ride to hounds, rise, run, running start, rupture, sail into, sally, sally forth, send, send forth, send off, send-off, set about, set afloat, set agoing, set at, set before, set forth, set forward, set going, set in, set in motion, set off, set on foot, set out, set sail, set to, set to work, set up, setoff, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, sheer off, shikar, shock, shoot, shrink, shrink back, shy, sidestep, skedaddle, ski jump, skip, snap, snatch, something extra, something in reserve, split, sponsorship, sport, spring, spring a leak, spring apart, square one, squinch, stalk, stampede, start aside, start back, start going, start in, start off, start out, start up, start-off, starting, starting gate, starting line, starting place, starting point, starting post, startle, steeplechase, stick out, still-hunt, strike out, submit, sudden pull, suggest, swerve, switch on, tackle, take off, take on, take up, take-off, takeoff, target date, term, terminal date, terminus, threshold, time allotment, track, trail, turn, turn aside, turn on, turn to, tweak, twitch, undertake, unravel, updive, upleap, upper hand, upper limit, upspring, vantage, vantage ground, vantage point, vault, wade into, weasel, weasel out, whip hand, wince, wrench, yank, yerk

ROGET THESAURUS

start

Deterioration

VB be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated Adj, have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off, wane, ebb, retrograde, decline, droop, go down, go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse, jump out of the frying pan into the fire, run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale, sweal, lapse, be the worse for, sphacelate: break, break down, spring a leak, crack, start, shrivel, fade, go off, wither, molder, rot, rankle, decay, go bad, go to decay, fall into decay, fall into the sear and yellow leaf, rust, crumble, shake, totter, totter to its fall, perish, die, deteriorate, weaken, put back, set back, taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate, pollute, vitiate, inquinate, debase, embase, denaturalize, denature, leaven, deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade, ulcerate, stain, discolor, alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice, pervert, prostitute, demoralize, brutalize, render vicious, embitter, acerbate, exacerbate, aggravate, injure, impair, labefy, damage, harm, hurt, shend, scath, scathe, spoil, mar, despoil, dilapidate, waste, overrun, ravage, pillage, wound, stab, pierce, maim, lame, surbate, cripple, hough, hamstring, hit between wind and water, scotch, mangle, mutilate, disfigure, blemish, deface, warp, blight, rot, corrode, erode, wear away, wear out, gnaw, gnaw at the root of, sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up, disorganize, dismantle, dismast, destroy, damnify, do one's worst, knock down, deal a blow to, play havoc with, play sad havoc with, play the mischief with, play the deuce with, play the very devil with, play havoc among, play sad havoc among, play the mischief among, play the deuce among, play the very devil among, decimate.

N deterioration, debasement, wane, ebb, recession, retrogradation, decrease, degeneracy, degeneration, degenerateness, degradation, depravation, depravement, devolution, depravity, demoralization, retrogression, masochism, impairment, inquination, injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration, outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath, perversion, prostitution, vitiation, discoloration, oxidation, pollution, defoedation, poisoning, venenation, leaven, contamination, canker, corruption, adulteration, alloy, decline, declension, declination, decadence, decadency, falling off, caducity, decrepitude, decay, dilapidation, ravages of time, wear and tear, corrosion, erosion, moldiness, rottenness, moth and rust, dry rot, blight, marasmus, atrophy, collapse, disorganization, delabrement (destruction), aphid, Aphis, plant louse, puceron, vinefretter, vinegrub, wreck, mere wreck, honeycomb, magni nominis umbra, jade, plug, rackabones, skate, tackey, tacky, have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off, wane, ebb, retrograde, decline, droop, go down, go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse, jump out of the frying pan into the fire, run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale, sweal, lapse, be the worse for, sphacelate: break, break down, spring a leak, crack, start, shrivel, fade, go off, wither, molder, rot, rankle, decay, go bad, go to decay, fall into decay, fall into the sear and yellow leaf, rust, crumble, shake, totter, totter to its fall, perish, die, deteriorate, weaken, put back, set back, taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate, pollute, vitiate, inquinate, debase, embase, denaturalize, denature, leaven, deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade, ulcerate, stain, discolor, alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice, pervert, prostitute, demoralize, brutalize, render vicious, embitter, acerbate, exacerbate, aggravate, injure, impair, labefy, damage, harm, hurt, shend, scath, scathe, spoil, mar, despoil, dilapidate, waste, overrun, ravage, pillage, wound, stab, pierce, maim, lame, surbate, cripple, hough, hamstring, hit between wind and water, scotch, mangle, mutilate, disfigure, blemish, deface, warp, blight, rot, corrode, erode, wear away, wear out, gnaw, gnaw at the root of, sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up, disorganize, dismantle, dismast, destroy, damnify, do one's worst, knock down, deal a blow to, play havoc with, play sad havoc with, play the mischief with, play the deuce with, play the very devil with, play havoc among, play sad havoc among, play the mischief among, play the deuce among, play the very devil among, decimate, Adj, unimproved &c (improve), deteriorated, altered, altered for the worse, injured, sprung, withering, spoiling, on the wane, on the decline, tabid, degenerate, marescent, worse, the worse for, all the worse for, out of repair, out of tune, imperfect, the worse for wear, battered, weathered, weather-beaten, stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare, worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags, reduced, reduced to a skeleton, far gone, tacky, decayed, moth-eaten, worm-eaten, mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown, discolored, effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted, depraved, decrepid, decrepit, broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down, done, done for, done up, worn out, used up, finished, beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work, at a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs, undermined, deciduous, nodding to its fall, tottering, past cure, fatigued, retrograde, deleterious, out of the frying pan into the fire, agrescit medendo, what a falling off was there!.

Beginning

N beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation, introduction, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset, brunt, initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise, bud, germ, egg, rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy, start, inception, creation, starting point, dawn, evolution, title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door, gate, gateway, postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule, propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC, beginning, initial, initiatory, initiative, inceptive, introductory, incipient, proemial, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative, embryonic, rudimental, primogenial, primeval, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, begun, just begun, at the beginning, in the beginning first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine, let's get going!, let's get this show on the road!, up and at 'em!, aller Anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt.

VB begin, start, commence, conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept, initiate, launch, inaugurate, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train, broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start, handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, open fire, open the ball, ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence.

Offer

VB offer, proffer, present, tender, bid, propose, move, make a motion, make advances, start, invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward, hawk about, offer for sale, press, lay at one's feet, offer oneself, present oneself, volunteer, come forward, be a candidate, stand for, bid for, seek, be at one's service, go a begging, bribe.

Revolution

N revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up, destruction, sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change, change of state, phase change, quantum leap, quantum jump, clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution, jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience, explosion, spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion, storm, earthquake, cataclysm, legerdemain, unrecognizable, revolutionary.

Eventuality

VB happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.

Fear

VB fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms, apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust, hesitate, falter, funk, cower, crouch, skulk, let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would' take fright, take alarm, start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink, fly, tremble, shake, shiver, shiver in one's shoes, shudder, flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over, quake, quaver, quiver, quail, grow pale, turn pale, blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise apprehensions, be in a daze, bulldoze, faze, feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay, fright, frighten, terrify, astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses, awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble, haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear, terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage, browbeat, bully, threaten.

Wonder

VB wonder, marvel, admire, be surprised, start, stare, open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes, gloar, gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath, look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog, look blank, tombe des nues, not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses, not be able to account for, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's, surprise, astonish, amaze, astound, dumfound, dumfounder, startle, dazzle, daze, strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe, electrify, stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb, make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mout, make one stare, take by surprise, be wonderful, beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description, stagger belief.

Impulse

VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

Propulsion

VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.

Departure

N departure, decession, decampment, embarkation, outset, start, removal, exit, exodus, hejira, flight, leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup, valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport, departing, valedictory, outward bound, whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move, Int, begone!, farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, au revoir!, fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, auf wiedersehen!, au plaisir de vous revoir!, bon voyage!, gluckliche Reise!, vive valeque!.

VB depart, go away, take one's departure, set out, set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off, start, issue, march out, debouch, go forth, sally forth, sally, set forward, be gone, hail from, leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon, go off the stage, make one's exit, retire, withdraw, remove, vamoose, vamose, go one's way, go along, go from home, take flight, take wing, spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight, fly away, whip away, embark, go on board, go aboard, set sail' put to sea, go to sea, sail, take ship, hoist blue Peter, get under way, weigh anchor, strike tents, decamp, walk one's chalks, cut one's stick, take leave, say good bye, bid goodbye, disappear, abscond, entrain, inspan.

Leap

VB leap, jump up, jump over the moon, hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper, buck, buck jump, curvet, caracole, foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start, frisk, jump about, trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.

Inexpectation

N inexpectation, non-expectation, false expectation, miscalculation, surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start, bolt out of the blue, wonder, eye opener, unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise, nonexpectant, surprised, unwarned, unaware, off one's guard, inattentive, unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for, dropped from the clouds, beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation, out of one's reckoning, unheard of, startling, surprising, sudden, unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable), abruptly, unexpectedly, surprisingly, plump, pop, a l'improviste, unawares, without notice, without warning, without a 'by your leave', like a thief in the night, like a thunderbolt, in an unguarded moment, suddenly, Int, heydey!, little did one think, little did one expect, nobody would ever suppose, nobody would ever think, nobody would ever expect, who would have thought? it beats the Dutch.

VB not expect, be taken by surprise, start, miscalculate, not bargain for, come upon, fall upon, be unexpected, come unawares, turn up, pop, drop from the clouds, come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep upon one, come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt, take by surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping, yach, pounce upon, spring a mine upon, surprise, startle, take aback, electrify, stun, stagger, take away one's breath, throw off one's guard, astonish, dumbfound.

Supposition

VB suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine, theorize, presume, presurmise, presuppose, assume, fancy, wis, take it, give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted, imagine, put forth, propound, propose, start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion, hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture, allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head, suggest itself, run in the head, marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.