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starting blocks(dictionary)
starting price(dictionary)
starting point(dictionary)
starting line(dictionary)
starting gate(dictionary)
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starting (iou)



starting verbal noun. LME.
[from START verb + -ING1.]
The action of START verb; an instance of this.
Comb.: starting-block: see BLOCK noun 2e; starting-gate (a) a barrier used at the start of a race (esp. of horses) to ensure a simultaneous start for all competitors; (b) a point from which individual runs are timed in skiing etc.; starting grid = GRID noun 2c; starting-handle a handle used to start a machine; spec. a detachable crank for starting the engine of a motor vehicle; starting-hole a hole in which a hunted animal takes refuge; a fugitive's hiding place; fig. a means of evasion, a loophole; starting line a real or imaginary line used to mark the place from which a race starts (freq. fig.); starting-off, starting-up, etc.; starting pistol: used to give the signal at the start of a race; starting-place the place occupied at starting by a competitor in a race; a starting-point; starting-point: from which a person or thing starts; a point of departure in a journey, narration, development, etc.; starting post: marking the place from which the competitors in a race should start; starting price (a) the price at which the bidding at an auction is started; (b) (esp. Horse-racing) the final odds on a horse etc. at the time of starting; starting salary the salary earned by an employee taking up a new post; starting-signal (a) a signal given to competitors to start a race etc.; (b) a railway signal controlling the starting of trains on a particular track; starting stall a compartment in which one horse may stand at the start of a race.