All English words - page 3548

Meanings of Starthroat:

noun

Any of several hummingbirds of the genus heliomaster, having a long bill and a patch of metallic reddish-purple on the throat of adult males.

Meanings of Starting-out:

verb

To begin to do something or go somewhere, or to begin or happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] when do you start your new job?, [ i ] we started with nothing when we got married., [ i ] cl…

Meanings of Starting-point:

noun

A place or position where something begins

Usage examples:

The starting point for the guided tour of the town is in the market square., the committee emphasiz…

Meanings of Startle:

verb

Cause to feel sudden shock or alarm.

Usage examples:

A sudden sound in the doorway startled her

Meanings of Startling:

adjective

Very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable.

Usage examples:

He bore a startling likeness to their father

verb

Cause to feel sudden shock or alarm.

Usage examples:

A sudden sound in the doorway startled her

Meanings of Startlingly:

adverb

In a very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable way.

Usage examples:

The proportion of deaths suffered by civilians rose startlingly

Meanings of Starts:

verb

Begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space.

Usage examples:

The season starts in september

noun

The point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.

Usage examples:

He takes over as chief executive at the start of next year

abbreviation

Strategic arms reduction treaty, an agreement between the us and the soviet union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991.

Meanings of Startups:

noun

The action or process of setting something in motion.

Usage examples:

The start-up of marketing in europe

phrasal verb

To cause an engine to begin to operate

Usage examples:

I didn't even hear the vacuum cleaner start up when jose began cleaning the carpets., he heard the …

Meanings of Starty:

adjective

Easily startled or frightened; jumpy; (especially of a horse) skittish, frisky.

Meanings of Starved:

verb

Suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger.

Usage examples:

She left her animals to starve

adjective

Very hungry

Usage examples:

The horse was found half-starved and suffering from neglect., people who are starved of sleep start…

Meanings of Starven:

adjective

Starved.

Meanings of Starves:

verb

Suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger.

Usage examples:

She left her animals to starve

Meanings of Starvy:

adjective

Originally of land and its produce: lacking in nutrients, poor. later more generally: indicative of starvation; undernourished, weak; feeble, sparse.

Meanings of Starward:

adverb

To or towards the stars or a (particular) star; in the direction of the stars.

adjective

Heading, directed, or pointing towards the stars.

Meanings of Stary:

adjective

Of the eyes: staring, or giving the appearance of staring.

Meanings of Stases:

noun

A period or state of inactivity or equilibrium.

Usage examples:

Long periods of stasis

Meanings of Stash:

verb

Store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place.

Usage examples:

Their wealth had been stashed away in swiss banks

noun

A store or supply of something, typically one that is kept hidden or secret.

Usage examples:

The man grudgingly handed over a stash of notes

Meanings of Stashed:

verb

Store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place.

Usage examples:

Their wealth had been stashed away in swiss banks

noun

A store or supply of something, typically one that is kept hidden or secret.

Usage examples:

The man grudgingly handed over a stash of notes

Meanings of Stashes:

verb

Store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place.

Usage examples:

Their wealth had been stashed away in swiss banks

noun

A store or supply of something, typically one that is kept hidden or secret.

Usage examples:

The man grudgingly handed over a stash of notes

Meanings of Stashing:

verb

Store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place.

Usage examples:

Their wealth had been stashed away in swiss banks

noun

A store or supply of something, typically one that is kept hidden or secret.

Usage examples:

The man grudgingly handed over a stash of notes

Meanings of Statal:

adjective

Of or relating to a political state.

Meanings of Statant:

adjective

(of an animal) standing with all four paws on the ground.

Usage examples:

In his pride reserved for peacocks, it is shown statant affronty with the tail feathers spread.

Meanings of Statary:

adjective

Of or relating to army ants or their colony during the phase in which they return to a fixed location each night; designating such a colony.

Meanings of State:

noun

The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.

Usage examples:

The state of the company's finances

verb

Express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

The report stated that more than 51 per cent of voters failed to participate

Meanings of State-benefit:

noun

Money given by the government to people who are poor or ill, or who do not have a job

Usage examples:

On state benefit(s) they live on state benefits., come off state benefit(s) more than a third of pe…