| Embark 1. (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or aircraft; to begin a new venture. 2. (v. t.) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. 3. (v. i.) To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon. 4. (v. i.) To engage in any affair. Thesaurus Entries air-express, airfreight, airmail, assume, begin, board, commence, consign, dispatch, drop a letter, embark on, embus, emplane, engage in, enplane, enter, enter upon, entrain, expedite, export, express, forward, freight, get off, get under way, go aboard, go into, go off soundings, go on board, go on shipboard, go to sea, have way upon, initiate, jump off, launch, mail, open, post, push off, put off, put to sea, remit, sail, sail away, send, send away, send forth, send off, set about, set to, ship, shove off, start, tackle, take on, take ship, take up, transmit, weigh anchor |