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The Meaning of embark

  • (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
  • (v. t.) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.
  • (v. i.) To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
  • (v. i.) To engage in any affair.

Synonyms

enter , venture , ship , transport , send , recruit , go into , participate , enrol , figure , get into , record , put down , introduce , infix , go in , insert , inscribe , enroll , accede , get in , come in , move into , stake , adventure , guess , pretend , hazard , jeopardize , board , get on

Antonyms

disembark , set down , debark

Rhymes

aardvark , arc , ark , ballpark , barch , bark , barke , barque , benchmark , birthmark , bismarck , calmark , chark , clark , clarke , dark , darke , demark , denmark , disembark , earmark , goldmark , hallmark , harc , hark , intermark , landmark , lark , larke , marc , mark , marke , marque , matriarch , meadowlark , mediamark , merc , monarch , narc , oligarch , ozark , parc , park , patriarch , pockmark , postmark , premark , quark , question-mark , remark , sark , shark , skylark , sparc , spark , starck , stark , starke , trademark , transpark , watermark