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sail English

Meaning sail meaning

What does sail mean?
Definitions in simple English

sail Noun

— A sail is a large piece of fabric (cloth) to catch wind, used on a boat or a ship. They folded the sail.

sail Verb

— If you sail, you move by catching the wind, usually by ship on water. They sail around the world every year in their boat. — If you sail, you travel on a boat or ship. We sailed across the Atlantic to reach Spain. We sailed the ship to the east of the island.

sail

— verb traverse or travel on (a body of water) We sailed the Atlantic He sailed the Pacific all alone — verb (= sweep) 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 — verb travel on water propelled by wind I love sailing, especially on the open sea the ship sails on — noun (= canvas) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel — noun (= cruise) an ocean trip taken for pleasure — noun any structure that resembles a sail — verb travel on water propelled by wind or by other means The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow

Synonyms sail synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sail?

sail English » English

navigate cruise voyage canvas float drift sheet set sail glide drive leave fly depart pilot canvass bob yacht wing sweep soar skitter row move gently go away go cloth boat walk slowly with an air vane trip tower towelling throw tent fly tarp take the field swim across swim swift horse swagger strut steam start slip along slide set out set off scud sails sailing-vessel

Sail English » English

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Topics sail topics

What do people use sail to talk about?
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by water

Boat
Physical actions Move Travel

Travel by water
Universe, creation Sky Air

Blow air
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack

Conjugation sail conjugation

How do you conjugate sail?

sail · verb

Examples sail examples

How do I use sail in a sentence?

Simple sentences

They will sail for Bombay next Monday.
The ship will set sail for Hong Kong tomorrow at 3 p.m.
The ship will set sail at noon.
The ship set sail only to sink two days later.
The ship is about to set sail.
The ship set sail.
Then you can sail away.
We sail for San Francisco on Monday.
I'd like to sail around the world.
It took courage to sail across the Pacific single-handed.
Sail along the coast.
Clouds sail across the sky.
The ship set sail for Bombay.
They began to sail to their home.
He failed in the attempt to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
The only reason why Ferdinand Magellan could claim to be the first man to sail across all of the world's meridians was because Christopher Columbus had chosen to swim.
Let's go for a sail.
Can you sail a boat?

Movie subtitles

It was time for imperial China to set sail.
Zheng He set sail in command of a crew of some 28,000 men in a fleet of dozens of these enormous ships.
Da Gama set sail from this spot on 8th july, 1 497.
No, like, they-they dance together at a ball. Or they kiss in a tower. They sail on a magic carpet through the sky.
It seems that Declan has set sail without you.
You do most of your managing down the Black Sail, Bernie.
But Barbara's father can marry us before he sets sail, and that's the thing that matters most.
A quick round in the Black Sail, one for the road in the Hand and Shears, and then off to Walthamstow dogs, stag party done and dusted.
After the destruction of Troy, Ulysses sets sail with his companions to return home.
If the ice does not break, it would be impossible to set sail for Scotland.
We should set sail for home before sundown!
Ambroise gathers all his force to raise the sail with his only working arm.
The Castilian isn't going to sail tomorrow.
Will the Santa Clara sail next week?
If the tide is full and the wind is with us, we'll sail.
Are you ready to sail?
When the wind is with us, we sail.
Do you still want to sail, Your Majesty?
Yes, Aage, we will sail.
I've been seeing boats sailing in and out. in and out, but ours will never sail.
Or if it does, you'll sail without me.
We sail.
Shall we sail over and give them a surprise?
Sail on, little ship, back to England. where we may never go.
It's clearly understood, then, that we sail under my articles.
We sail on the tide.
I didn't so much as sight a sail.
They sail on a magic carpet through the sky.
You don't sail till midnight.
So I sail for England at once.
What time does the ship sail?
I used to make boats and sail them here on the river.
No, go along this horizontal sail.
Let me watch the boat sail. I promise I'll stay right here.
He took an egg, balanced it on the tip and set sail. He left. That's what Columbus did.
He was particularly mortified at having to sail past here at dinner time, which means, let's see, er, Barnard's Head.
Well, outside of the ghosts, are there any new reasons why I shouldn't sail tonight?
Why, he can't sail with me.
Don't sail, do you? No, I don't.

News and current affairs

If they do Serbia will sail on - slowly, without spectacular successes, in a disorderly way, but peacefully and in the right direction.
Its ship tonnage (excluding fleets that sail under flags of convenience) is the fourth largest in the world.
Over the years, I've come to recognize something that is as disturbing as it is undeniable: as a group, male basic scientists sail through the committee effortlessly.
NEW DELHI - China's announcement that its first aircraft carrier is ready to set sail as early as the end of this month has refocused attention on the country's naval ambitions.
The first official acknowledgement that China was turning the Varyag into a fully refurbished, deployable aircraft carrier came this month, just when it was almost ready to set sail.
Is it time for Japan to prime its weapons and sail out into the world in defense of peace?
The decision to allow the vessel to sail directly into the path of Typhoon Frank resulted from plain and simple incompetence.
Instead, Manila port officials and the Philippine coast guard permitted the Princess of the Stars to set sail, despite clear warnings by the weather bureau that the ship was headed for the eye of the typhoon.

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