society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship			[verb (intransitive)]		 > head in a certain course or direction > separate or part company (2)		
intransitive. Nautical. Of a ship: to move away from another after an attack; (of two ships) to move apart. Obsolete.
Nautical. to lose company: (of a ship) to become separated at sea from another ship or from the main fleet; also with of, with; (of two or more…