to start an engine

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• start — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦ starts, starting, started 1) VERB If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it. [V to inf] John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs …   English dictionary

• engine — noun 1 part of a vehicle that produces power ADJECTIVE ▪ big, powerful ▪ small ▪ twin engines ▪ a large plane with twin engines …   Collocations dictionary

• start — /stat / (say staht) verb (i) 1. to begin to move, go, or act; set out, as on a journey. 2. to begin any course of action or procedure, as one s career, life, etc. 3. (of a process or performance) to begin. 4. to come suddenly into activity, life …  

• start up — verb 1. get going or set in motion (Freq. 2) We simply could not start the engine start up the computer • Syn: ↑start • Ant: ↑stop (for: ↑start) …   Useful english dictionary

• engine priming — The process of spraying gasoline into the induction system of a piston engine to start the engine. This is done with the help of a primer or a priming pump. Engine primer as seen from cockpit …   Aviation dictionary

• Engine cooling — is cooling an engine, typically using either air or liquid.OverviewHeat engines generate mechanical power by extracting energy from heat flows, much as a water wheel extracts mechanical power from a flow of mass falling through a distance.… …   Wikipedia

• start up — {v.} 1. To begin operating, * /The driver started up the motor of the car./ * /The engine started up with a roar./ 2. To begin to play (music). * /The conductor waved his baton, and the band started up./ * /The orchestra started up a waltz./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• start up — {v.} 1. To begin operating, * /The driver started up the motor of the car./ * /The engine started up with a roar./ 2. To begin to play (music). * /The conductor waved his baton, and the band started up./ * /The orchestra started up a waltz./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• START natural language system — START, is the world s first Web based question answering system, has been on line and continuously operating since December, 1993. It has been developed by Boris Katz and his associates of the InfoLab Group at the MIT Computer Science and… …   Wikipedia

• Start-stop system — This article refers to the automotive technology. For the use of start stop systems in telecommunication, see asynchronous serial communication. In automobiles, a start stop system or stop start system automatically shuts down and restarts the… …   Wikipedia

• start — start1 W2S2 [sta:t US sta:rt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(begin doing something)¦ 2¦(begin happening)¦ 3¦(begin in a particular way)¦ 4¦(business/organization)¦ 5¦(job/school)¦ 6¦(car/engine etc)¦ 7¦(begin going somewhere)¦ 8¦(life/profession)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English