STARTED

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

Example: "We began working at dawn"

Set in motion, cause to start

Example: "The u.s. started a war in the middle east"

Depart for someplace

Example: "The family took off for florida"

Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

Example: "The dmz begins right over the hill"

Bring into being

Example: "He initiated a new program"

Get off the ground

Example: "Who started this company?"

Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

Example: "She startled when i walked into the room"

Get going or set in motion

Example: "We simply could not start the engine"

Begin or set in motion

Example: "I start at eight in the morning"

Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

Example: "Take up a position"

Play in the starting lineup

Have a beginning characterized in some specified way

Example: "The novel begins with a murder"

Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

Example: "Begin a cigar"

Bulge outward

Example: "His eyes popped"