Pronunciation
- IPA: /seɪl/, [seɪ̯ɫ]
sail
- (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.
- c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i] ↗:
- When we haue laughed#English|laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; {{...}
- (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- Take in sail: a storm is coming.
- (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.
- Let's go for a sail.
- (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- 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 spine, occurring in certain dinosaur and synapsid
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- Like an eagle soaring / To weather his broad sails.
- French: voile
- French: balade en mer, balade en voilier
- German: Törn
- Portuguese: velejada
- French: aile
- German: Windmühlenflügel
- Italian: pala
- Portuguese: pá
- Russian: крыло́
- Spanish: aspa
- French: flotteur, pneumatophore
- Russian: па́рус
sail (sails, present participle sailing; 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.
- We sail for Australia tomorrow.
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:
- As is a winged messenger of heaven, […] / When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, / And sails upon the bosom of the air.
- 2002 March 20, Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (PlayStation video game, North American version), Konami:
- [flavor text of the card "Spirit of the Winds"]
- A spirit of the wind that freely sails the skies.
- (intransitive) To move briskly.
- The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.
- French: (intransitive) voguer, (transitive) gouverner, faire du bateau, faire de la voile, naviguer
- German: segeln
- Italian: navigare a vela, veleggiare, condurre
- Portuguese: velejar
- Russian: плыть под паруса́ми
- Spanish: navegar
- French: voler
- German: segeln
- Italian: veleggiare
- Portuguese: deslizar
- German: segeln
SAIL
Noun
sail (plural sails)
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