set sail

English

Verb

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 or ship.

   Synonym: put out

   Hypernyms: set out, start out

   Hyponyms: put to sea, put out to sea, go to sea, take to the sea

   We set sail for the Caribbean.

   1. (literal) 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.

   2. (figurative) 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.

Translations

to embark on a voyage by boat — see also depart

• Basque: itsasoratu
• Catalan: salpar (ca), partir (ca), fer-se a la mar
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 啟航 / 启航 (zh) (qǐháng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: lähteä purjehtimaan
• French: prendre la mer (fr), partir en mer, appareiller (fr), mettre à la voile (fr), mettre les voiles (fr)
• German: abfahren (de)
• Greek: αποπλέω (el) (apopléo)
• Latin: velificor
• Polish: wypływać (pl) impf, wypłynąć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: zarpar (pt)
• Spanish: zarpar (es), hacerse a la mar, avelar (disused), partir (es)
• Swahili: kutweka matanga
• Turkish: yelken açmak (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: یلكنلمك (yelkenlemek), یلكن آچمق (yelken açmak)

Anagrams

• sailest, salties