Usually means: Embark on a maritime journey.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. set sail: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. set sail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. set sail: Collins English Dictionary
  4. set sail: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. set sail: Wiktionary
  6. set sail: Dictionary.com
  7. Set Sail (The Movement album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. set sail: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. set sail: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set sail: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set sail: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (set sail)

▸ verb:  To depart on a voyage by boat.

Similar:
sail, loose, go to sea, put out, launch, set off, start off, navigate, boat, sally, more...

Opposite:
dock, anchor, moor, berth

Phrases:
to set a sail, to set sail, more...

Adjectives:
sailed, saily, knockdown, plain sailing, turtled, trim, plane, arching, in, seel, peak

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Similar:
sail, loose, go to sea, put out, launch, set off, start off, navigate, boat, sally, more...

Opposite:
dock, anchor, moor, berth

Phrases:
to set a sail, to set sail, more...

Adjectives:
sailed, saily, knockdown, plain sailing, turtled, trim, plane, arching, in, seel, peak



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