(obsolete, chiefly in the negative) To intrude oneself into another person's concerns.

(nautical) To extend an additional quantity of sail (i.e. to spread a sail or sails). / (figuratively) To embark; start a voyage.

(horseracing) To lay bets (recorded in a pocketbook) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses.

(idiomatic) To take action. / (idiomatic, chiefly UK and India) To depart from a place; to set off.

(law) To fail to appear or answer.

(transitive) To belittle. / (transitive) To accomplish easily.

(colloquial, US, especially Western US) To cure meat in the open air.

(dated, chiefly attributive) circuit breaker

plural of make-and-break

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make an appearance