starting

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun starting has 1 sense

starting(n = noun.act) start - a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"

is a kind of play, turn

Derived form verb start₁₁

Adjective starting has 2 senses

starting(s = adj.all) Array - (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; "with eyes starting from their sockets"
starting(s = adj.all) Array - appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

starting, a. & n.

a. & n. from Start, v. [1913 Webster]

Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine. -- Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] -- Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. -- Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

starting, n. in senses of START v.

Idiom

starting-block a shaped rigid block for bracing the feet of a runner at the start of a race. starting-gate a movable barrier for securing a fair start in horse-races. starting-handle Brit. Mech. a crank for starting a motor engine. starting pistol a pistol used to give the signal for the start of a race. starting-point the point from which a journey, process, argument, etc. begins. starting post the post from which competitors start in a race. starting price the odds ruling at the start of a horse-race. starting stall a compartment for one horse at the start of a race.