embarking

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English

Definitions

verb

To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.“All passengers please embark now.”
To start, begin.“Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.”
To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.“He embarked his fortune in trade.”

noun

An embarkation.

Related words

Synonyms

make sail enter venture boarding shipment launching lading loading undertaking pick-up booting boot pursuing entering starting beginning undertake

Antonyms

Associated

curacy eniwetok saipan sailed tour journey steamed headline guam career quest okinawa

Rhymes

carking sparking parking barking earmarking remarking harking larking marking sharking

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