"put to sea" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts to sea [present, singular, third-person], putting to sea [participle, present], put to sea [participle, past], put to sea [past], put out to sea [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,put>}} put to sea (third-person singular simple present puts to sea, present participle putting to sea, simple past and past participle put to sea)
  1. (nautical, of a boat or ship) To leave a port or harbour on a voyage, or for other purposes such as fishing. Synonyms: go to sea, take to the sea Hypernyms: put out, set sail, set out, start out Translations (to leave port): in See stechen (German), prendere il largo (Italian), wypływać w morze [imperfective] (Polish), wypłynąć w morze [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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