embark

embark is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
2. transitive verb. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.
3. intransitive verb. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
4. intransitive verb. To engage in any affair.
5. verb. set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

   "she embarked upon a new career"

   Synonyms: enter

6. verb. go on board

   Synonyms: ship

7. verb. proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

   "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

   Synonyms: venture

Synonyms

enter, ship, venture

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in embark:

markeb

Common word forms

embarks, embarked, embarking, embarkment

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