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Meaning of 'sail'
Meaning of 'sail' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Sail 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
- A wing; a van.
- The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
- A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
- 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.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
- To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
- To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
2. Sail [ v. t.]
- 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. [ v. t.]- To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
- To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
Meaning of 'sail' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. sail [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- travel on water propelled by wind
- travel on water propelled by wind
Example in sentence:
- I love sailing, especially on the open sea;
- the ship sails on
Meaning (2):
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
Example in sentence:
- Shreds of paper sailed through the air;
- The diva swept into the room;
- The searchlights swept across the sky
Meaning (3):
- travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
- travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
Example in sentence:
- The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
Meaning (4):
- traverse or travel on (a body of water)
- traverse or travel on (a body of water)
Example in sentence:
- He sailed the Pacific all alone;
- We sailed the Atlantic
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