The women take the boy that is starting studying (6)
I believe the answer is:
ladies
'the women' is the definition.
(lady is a kind of woman)
'the boy that is starting studying' is the wordplay.
'the boy' becomes 'lad' (informal term for boy).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (abbreviation for id est, 'that is' in Latin).
'starting' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'studying' is 's'.
'lad'+'ie'+'s'='LADIES'
'take' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ladies that I've seen before include "...... and gentlemen" , "Lords' wives" , "Women of rank in the British peerage" , "Convenience" , "9th" .)