"set sail" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sets sail [present, singular, third-person], setting sail [participle, present], set sail [participle, past], set sail [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> sail}} set sail (third-person singular simple present sets sail, present participle setting sail, simple past and past participle set sail)
  1. To depart on a voyage by boat. Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: put to sea Translations (to embark on a voyage by boat): itsasoratu (Basque), salpar (Catalan), partir (Catalan), fer-se a la mar (Catalan), lähteä purjehtimaan (Finnish), prendre la mer (French), partir en mer (French), appareiller (French), mettre à la voile (French), mettre les voiles (French), abfahren (German), αποπλέω (apopléo) (Greek), velificor (Latin), wypływać [imperfective] (Polish), wypłynąć [perfective] (Polish), zarpar (Portuguese), zarpar (Spanish), hacerse a la mar (Spanish), kutweka matanga (Swahili), yelken açmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-set_sail-en-verb-VfCcP4zj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for set sail meaning in English (3.1kB)

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          "word": "itsasoratu"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "salpar"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "partir"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "fer-se a la mar"
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          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "lähteä purjehtimaan"
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          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "partir en mer"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "appareiller"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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          "roman": "apopléo",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "zarpar"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "zarpar"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "hacerse a la mar"
        },
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "kutweka matanga"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
          "word": "yelken açmak"
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      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "salpar"
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      "word": "partir"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "fer-se a la mar"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "lähteä purjehtimaan"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "prendre la mer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "partir en mer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "appareiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "mettre à la voile"
    },
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      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "abfahren"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apopléo",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "αποπλέω"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "velificor"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
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      "word": "wypływać"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "zarpar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "zarpar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "hacerse a la mar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "kutweka matanga"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to embark on a voyage by boat",
      "word": "yelken açmak"
    }
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  "word": "set sail"
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