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 be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.