Definitions for: Start Up

[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"
[v] get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

Synonyms: commence, embark on, start, start

Antonyms: stop

See Also: begin, crank, crank up, get going, go, hot-wire, inaugurate, jump, jumpstart, kick off, lead off, open, restart

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