to put out to sea

  • 11sea — [sē] n. [ME see < OE sæ, akin to Du zee, Ger see] 1. the continuous body of salt water covering the greater part of the earth s surface; ocean 2. a large body of salt water wholly or partly enclosed by land [the Red Sea, Irish Sea] 3. a large… …

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  • 12put — I adv. (colloq.) remaining in one place to stay put II v. 1) (B) ( to pose ) to put a question to smb. 2) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put before (to put a proposal before a committee) 3) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put in; into (to put milk in/into the …

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  • 13sea — /see/, n. 1. the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth s surface. 2. a division of these waters, of considerable extent, more or less definitely marked off by land boundaries: the North Sea. 3. one of the seven seas; ocean. 4. a… …

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  • 14sea — n. 1) to sail the seas 2) a calm, smooth; choppy, heavy, high, raging, rough, stormy, turbulent; open sea 3) at sea (buried at sea) 4) (misc.) to drift out to sea; to go to sea ( to become a sailor ); to put out to sea; at sea ( bewildered ); to… …

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  • 15put — verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put) 1》 move to or place in a particular position. 2》 bring into a particular state or condition: they tried to put me at ease.     ↘express in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really… …

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  • 16sea — n. 1 the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth s surface and surrounds its land masses. 2 any part of this as opposed to land or fresh water. 3 a particular (usu. named) tract of salt water partly or wholly enclosed by land (the… …

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  • 17sea — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ocean, main, lake; wave, billow, swell; profusion, multitude. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. Major seas of the world include: Bering, Caribbean, Baltic, North, Irish, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Ionian,… …

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  • 18sea — [[t]si[/t]] n. 1) the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth s surface 2) a division of these waters, of considerable extent, marked off by land boundaries; ocean: the North Sea[/ex] 3) a large, landlocked body of water 4) the… …

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  • 19sea — noun 1》 the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth s surface and surrounds its land masses.     ↘a roughly definable area of this: the Black Sea.     ↘(also seas) waves as opposed to calm sea. 2》 a vast expanse or quantity: a sea of… …

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  • 20sea — W1S3 [si:] n [: Old English; Origin: sA] 1.) [singular, U] the large area of salty water that covers much of the earth s surface = ↑ocean ▪ Jay stripped his clothes off and ran into the sea. ▪ All the rooms have sea views. ▪ The sea was perfectly …

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