embark

About 1.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   All passengers please embark now.

2. verb To start, begin.

   Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.

3. verb To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
4. verb To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.

   He embarked his fortune in trade.

5. verb To cover or enclose with bark. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Similar words

enter venture tackle board launch lance lancer implement carry boot

Often followed by

on upon in for at with the and from

Word family

embarkation embarkations embarked embarking embarkment embarkments embarks