sail
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- noun
- /seɪl/
:
vela
- Once the race was underway, we were treated to a plethora of sails of all sizes and colors.
- full sail
- boats with full sails
- rigging and sails
She was the wind to my sail, right, as cheesy as that sounds.
- She was the wind to my sail, right, as cheesy as that sounds.
- They didn't have that wind in the sail, the kites flying limp.
- Help them dust off those sails and push them back out.
Examples
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Victory's closest point of sail was six points off the wind.
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It's time to set sail!
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It's time I set sail on my own.
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Thus with stretch sail we went over sea till day's end.
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I started him when we set sail for Egypt.
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Here, I'll pull in the sail and you try to keep us pointed toward that hotel.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lassen, trim the main sail and then tie it off!
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There was one mast with a square sail, hanging from a yard no wider than the boat.
Fiction book (1991) -
So that's how the Atwells set sail for Key West, leaving it all behind them.
Fiction book (1990) -
The captain adjusted the sails to catch the wind and propel the boat forward.
Synonyms
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A large piece of strong cloth used on a boat to catch wind
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
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8.5
A four-sided piece of cloth hung on a bar across a ship's mast to catch the wind
- Specialized
A four-sided sail set along the boat with its top held by a sloping pole
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sail comes from an old Germanic word for a large 'sheet' or piece of cloth used to catch the wind, so picture a big cloth stretched on a mast to move a boat.