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SAIL
cruise, sail
(noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure
sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
(noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
sail
(noun) any structure that resembles a sail
voyage, sail, navigate
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; “The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow”
sail
(verb) traverse or travel on (a body of water); “We sailed the Atlantic”; “He sailed the Pacific all alone”
sweep, sail
(verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; “The diva swept into the room”; “Shreds of paper sailed through the air”; “The searchlights swept across the sky”
sail
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind; “I love sailing, especially on the open sea”; “the ship sails on”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
sail (countable and uncountable, plural sails)
(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
(nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
(dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
The blade of a windmill.
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
(fishing) A sailfish.
(paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
Hyponyms
• See also sail
Etymology 2
Verb
sail (third-person singular simple present sails, present participle sailing, simple past and past participle sailed)
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
(intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
(intransitive) To move briskly.
Anagrams
• Alis, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SiAl, ails, lais, lias, sial
Noun
SAIL (plural SAILs)
Acronym of snow avalanche impact landform.
Anagrams
• Alis, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SiAl, ails, lais, lias, sial
Source: Wiktionary
Sail, n. Etym: [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. sq. root 153.]
1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. Milton.
2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
3. A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. Spenser .
4. the extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same forms as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
Note: Sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails, and square sails. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quardrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under Fore, a., and Square, a.; also, Bark, Brig, Schooner, Ship, Stay. Sail burton (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending.
– Sail fluke (Zoöl.), the whiff.
– Sail hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square.
– Sail loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
– Sail room (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use.
– Sail yard (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended.
– Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast.
– To crowd sail. (Naut.) See under Crowd.
– To loose sails (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails.
– To make sail (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of sail.
– To set a sail (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the wind.
– To set sail (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage.
– To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part.
– To strike sail (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension.
– Under sail, having the sails spread.
Sail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sailing.] Etym: [AS. segelian, seglian. See Sail, n.]
1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.
2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
5. To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird. As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . . When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air. Shak.
Sail, v. t.
1. To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon(the water) by means of steam or other force. A thousand ships were manned to sail the sea. Dryden.
2. To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through. Sublime she sails The aërial space, and mounts the winged gales. Pope.
3. To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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