put to sea

English

Alternative forms

• put out to sea

Verb

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.

Translations

to leave port

• German: in See stechen (de)
• Italian: prendere il largo

References

• “put out to sea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.