- a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane.
- a taking off from a starting point, as in beginning a race.
- the place or point at which a person or thing takes off.
- a humorous or satirical imitation; burlesque.
- a shaft geared to a main shaft for running auxiliary machinery.
- a branch connection to a pipe, electric line, etc.
- to remove or discard (a garment)
- (of an aircraft) to become airborne
- to set out or cause to set out on a journey
- (of a disease) to prove fatal to; kill
- to mimic or imitate, esp in an amusing or satirical manner
- to become successful or popular, esp suddenly
- the act or process of making an aircraft airborne
- the stage of a country's economic development when rapid and sustained economic growth is first achieved
- an act of mimicry; imitation
