Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.

synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, start, start out.

Roget 66: begin, start, commence; conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter; set out etc. (depart) 293; embark in; incept^†.    initiate, launch, inaugurate.    inchoate, rise, arise, originate.    usher in; lead off, lead the way; take the lead, take the initiative; head; stand at the head, stand first, stand for; lay the foundations etc. (prepare) 673; found etc. (cause) 153; set up, set on foot, agoing^†, set abroach^†, set the ball in motion; apply the match to a train; broach; open up, open the door to.    get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to; make a beginning, make a start.    handsel; take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf; break ground, break the ice, break cover; pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; open fire, open the ball; ventilate, air; undertake etc. 676.    come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize.    begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo [Lat.].    begin again, begin de novo; start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence.    ... show more

Dutch: aangaan, aanvangen, aanzetten, beginnen, inzetten, starten

Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.

synonyms: array, lay out, range.

Roget 266: travel, journey, course; take a journey, go a journey; take a walk, go out for walk etc. n.; have a run; take the air.    flit, take wing; migrate, emigrate; trek; rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse; scour the country, traverse the country; peragrate^†; circumambulate, perambulate; nomadize^†, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle; gad, gad about; expatiate.    walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path.    take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk^†, frisk, caracoler^†, caracole; gallop etc. (move quickly) 274.    [start riding] embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway.    peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on; stir one's stumps; bend one's steps, bend one's course; make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way; slide, glide, coast, skim, skate; march in procession, file on, defile.    go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.    ... show more

Roget 60: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally.    arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion.    class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register etc. (record) 551; catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade.    methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix.    unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil^†; feaze^†.    ... show more

Dutch: opbaren

Leave.

synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, start, start out, take off.

Roget 293: depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from.    leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose [Slang], vamose [U.S.]; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye etc. n.; disappear etc. 449; abscond etc. (avoid) 623; entrain; inspan^†.    ... show more

Roget 845: be beautiful etc. adj.; shine, beam, bloom; become one etc. (accord) 23; set off, grace.    render beautiful etc. adj.; beautify; polish, burnish; gild etc. (decorate) 847; set out.    snatch a grace beyond the reach of art" [Pope]. ... show more

Dutch: uitzetten, gaan, uiteenzetten, verlaten