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Definition of 'sail'Etymology 1
From (etyl) 'to cut'. More at saw.
Noun
( en-noun)
(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.
* : Scene 1: 496-497
- When we have laugh'd to see the sails conceive / And grow big-bellied with the wanton wind;
(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- Let's go for a sail .
(dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail .
- Twenty sail were in sight.
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.
- We caught three sails today.
(paleontology) an outward projection of the
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
* Spenser
- Like an eagle soaring / To weather his broad sails .
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* balloon sail
* by sail
* drag sail
* dragon sail
* point of sail
* sailback
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* sailboard
* sailboat
* sailcloth
* sailer
* sailfish
* sailing
( rel-mid3)
* studding sail
* set sail
* take the wind out of someone's sails
* topsail
* working sail
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Etymology 2
(etyl) , cognate to earlier Middle Low German segelen and its descendant Low German sailen.
Verb
( en-verb)
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.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- We sail for Australia tomorrow.
To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
* Shakespeare
- As is a winged messenger of heaven, / When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, / And sails upon the bosom of the air.
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To move briskly.
Derived terms
* sail close to the wind
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