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starten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • begin verb To start doing something, or for something to start happening.
  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • launch verb To send something (a rocket, ship, or projectile) into motion, often forcefully.
  • mosey verb To walk or move somewhere in a slow, relaxed, unhurried way.
  • mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
  • start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
  • take off phrasal verb To leave the ground and begin flying, as an aircraft or bird does.

Senses

starten is used for these senses in English:

  • begin (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
  • boot (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
  • fire up (intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start.
  • fire up (transitive, computing, informal) To launch; to run.
  • fire up (transitive) To excite; to infuse with energy.
  • head off (intransitive) To begin moving away.
  • launch (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
  • mosey (chiefly, US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey.

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

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