Associations to the word «Embark»

Wiktionary

EMBARK, verb. To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
EMBARK, verb. To start, begin.
EMBARK, verb. (transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
EMBARK, verb. (transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.

Dictionary definition

EMBARK, verb. Go on board.
EMBARK, verb. Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career".
EMBARK, verb. Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope