'start up' definitions:
Definition of 'start up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" [syn: start, start up] [ant: stop]
verb
Get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" [syn: start, start up, embark on, commence]
Synonyms of 'start up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bob up,
- bounce,
- bound,
- break forth,
- break in,
- break water,
- bring up,
- bristle up,
- broach,
- buck,
- buckjump,
- bundle,
- bundle off,
- burst forth,
- capriole,
- christen,
- clear,
- cock up,
- curvet,
- debouch,
- erupt,
- establish,
- extrude,
- flare up,
- flash,
- float,
- float up,
- fly up,
- found,
- fountain,
- get going,
- get in there,
- get off,
- get squared away,
- get under way,
- give a start,
- gleam,
- gush,
- hippety-hop,
- hop,
- hurdle,
- inaugurate,
- induct,
- initiate,
- install,
- institute,
- introduce,
- irrupt,
- jet,
- jump,
- jump over,
- jump up,
- jut out,
- kick off,
- launch,
- leap,
- leap over,
- leap up,
- leapfrog,
- lift up,
- make a beginning,
- make a move,
- negotiate,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overskip,
- poke out,
- pop up,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- project,
- protrude,
- protuberate,
- put in motion,
- raise,
- ring in,
- rocket,
- send,
- send forth,
- send off,
- set a course,
- set afloat,
- set agoing,
- set going,
- set in motion,
- set on foot,
- set up,
- shoot out,
- shoot up,
- ski jump,
- skip,
- skyrocket,
- spring,
- spring up,
- spurt,
- stand out,
- start,
- start aside,
- start going,
- start off,
- steeplechase,
- stick out,
- stick up,
- surface,
- turn on,
- updive,
- upleap,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upstart,
- usher in,
- vault,
- vault up,
- warm up
Words containing 'start up'
- At a start,
- START,
- Startful,
- Startfulness,
- Starting,
- Startingly,
- To have the start,
- To start after,
- To start against,
- To start for,
- To start up,
- start out,
- started,
- By fits and starts,
- Flying start,
- Start-up,
- Starting bar,
- Starting hole,
- Starting point,
- Starting post,
- To get the start,
- fits and starts,
- fresh start,
- from start to finish,
- get started,
- head start,
- housing start,
- kick start,
- racing start,
- running start,
- start from scratch,
- start-off,
- starting block,
- starting buffer,
- starting gate,
- starting handle,
- starting line,
- starting motor,
- starting pitcher,
- starting signal,
- starting stall,
- starting time,
- Jump-start,
- kick-start,
- re-start