A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.

A surname from Old English.

To set in motion. / To begin. / To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine. / To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).

A tail; the caudal appendage of an animal. / A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out. / A handle, especially that of a plough. / The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.

The beginning of an activity. / A sudden involuntary movement. / The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. / An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.

An instance of starting.

simple past tense and past participle of start

(law) Acronym of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

(medicine) Acronym of simple triage and rapid treatment.

For one thing; as one rebutting factor among many.