embark — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.

   Examples

   All passengers please embark now.

   [S]ee them embarqued; / And tell me if the VVinds and Seas befriend them.

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   It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

2. To start, begin.

   Examples

   Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.

   "This is uncommonly nice of you, Nora," he said, before she had had the chance to embark on any explanation; […]

3. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

   Usage

   • Transitive

4. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   He embarked his fortune in trade.

   It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.

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   Nor seek to get his patron's favour, by embarking himself in the factions of the family; to enquire after domestic simulties, their sports or affections.

Verb

1. To cover or enclose with bark.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Verb

1. go on board

   Synonyms

   ship

   Antonyms

   disembark

   Broader terms

   boardget on

2. set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

   Synonyms

   enter

   Broader terms

   get downbegingetstart outstartset aboutset outcommence

   Examples

   she embarked upon a new career

3. proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

   Synonyms

   venture

   Broader terms

   goproceedmove

   Examples

   We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer