put to sea en · VERB
Meanings
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(of a boat or ship) To leave a port or harbour on a voyage, or for other purposes such as fishing.
The sun was rising for the third time since he had put to sea when the fish started to circle.
1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 86:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| put to sea | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put to sea | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| puts to sea | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| put out to sea | alternative | lexicographic | |
| putting to sea | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
set out · start out · set sail · put out
Synonyms
Translations (4)
pl wypłynąć w morze (to leave port) · it prendere il largo (to leave port) · de in See stechen (to leave port) · pl wypływać w morze (to leave port)