put

/pʊt/ (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)

Definition

› to travel in a boat or ship across the sea: Our mast broke, so we had to put about (= turn round) and return to port. The ship put in at (= stopped at) Cape Town for fresh supplies. We put to sea (= began our sea journey) at dawn.Sailing and boating

(Definition of put verb (SAIL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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