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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats