A mountaineer's early start on climbing in the morning, before it is light.

(intransitive) to begin an activity / (transitive) to begin (an activity or event) / (transitive, idiomatic) to cause (someone) to start talking about something in length

(idiomatic) To conceive one's first child

simple past tense and past participle of start afresh

simple past tense and past participle of start a family

(UK, dated) Introduce a conversational topic.

To emerge suddenly; to jump out. / To be or become conspicuous; to stand out. / To begin, proceed.

(computing) A menu in some operating systems that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.

(idiomatic) An especially good start. / The start of a sports event in which the competitors are moving when they pass the starting line or initial jump point.

(sports, longtrack speedskating) a starting position in longtrack speedskating, whereby the speedskater adopts tripod position with the ice surface, with one hand down, and both skates.