Embark

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.
  • v. To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.
  • verb-intransitive. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.
  • verb-intransitive. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
  • v. To start, begin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
  • v. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
  • verb-intransitive. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in any affair.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put on board a ship or other vessel: as, the general embarked his troops and their baggage.
  • Hence To place or venture; put at use or risk, as by investment; put or send forth, as toward a destination: as, he embarked his capital in the scheme.
  • To go on board ship, as when setting out on a voyage: as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
  • To set out, as in some course or direction; make a start or beginning in regard to something; venture; engage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. go on board
  • v. set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
  • v. proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
  • Antonym
    disembark   
    Verb Form
    embarked    embarking    embarks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    proceed    move    go   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ship    invest    engage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ark    Clark    Clarke    Lark    Marc    Mark    Merc    Park    Sark    Spark   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts