Dictionary

set sail en · VERB

Meanings

1. To depart on a voyage by boat or ship.
   • We set sail for the Caribbean.
2. (qualifier:literal) To depart on a voyage by boat or ship. ▸ To spread and arrange the sails of a sailboat or sailing ship for the purpose of putting out.
   • The sailors of the regatta are going to wait out this weather before they set sail.
3. (figuratively) To depart on a voyage by boat or ship. ▸ To do the analogous counterpart on a vessel with any other means of propulsion, such as steaming.
   • A Navy task force is expected to set sail shortly.

Forms

Hypernyms

set out · start out · start out · set out · set out · start out

Synonyms

put out · put out · put out

Translations (25)

fr mettre à la voile (to embark on a voyage by boat) · de abfahren (to embark on a voyage by boat) · ca partir (to embark on a voyage by boat) · fr partir en mer (to embark on a voyage by boat) · es zarpar (to embark on a voyage by boat) · ota یلكن آچمق (to embark on a voyage by boat) · fr prendre la mer (to embark on a voyage by boat) · el αποπλέω (to embark on a voyage by boat) · ca fer-se a la mar (to embark on a voyage by boat) · eu itsasoratu (to embark on a voyage by boat) · fr appareiller (to embark on a voyage by boat) · fi lähteä purjehtimaan (to embark on a voyage by boat) · la velificor (to embark on a voyage by boat) · cmn 啟航 /启航 (to embark on a voyage by boat) · ota یلكنلمك (to embark on a voyage by boat) · es hacerse a la mar (to embark on a voyage by boat) · es avelar (disused) (to embark on a voyage by boat) · pl wypływać (to embark on a voyage by boat) · ca salpar (to embark on a voyage by boat) · pt zarpar (to embark on a voyage by boat) · fr mettre les voiles (to embark on a voyage by boat) · tr yelken açmak (to embark on a voyage by boat) · es partir (to embark on a voyage by boat) · pl wypłynąć (to embark on a voyage by boat) · sw kutweka matanga (to embark on a voyage by boat)