To initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements.
To begin digging in the earth at the start of a new construction, or, originally, for cultivation.
To separate from the ground on takeoff; to become airborne.
To lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.
To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; generally in the passive.
To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
To end; to come to an end.
to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)
To bring to an end; to close; to finish.