starting verbal noun.
['stɑ:tɪŋ] 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.
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