sail

Examples

• All

• Ooh, the love boat is about to set sail.

  Monsters, Inc. (2001)

• What we need to do is make sail for Port Royal with all haste.

  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

• But life was hard there, so we set sail for the New World.

  Fiction book (2000)

• We're setting sail for Korea.

  Devotion (2022)

• Today I set sail upon the seven seas with my hundreds of men!

  Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove (2005)

• The first American ships set sail in the 1820s.

  Academic text (2010)

• On April 23, we set sail from Kobe, Japan, for Seattle.

  Academic text (1990)

• The St. Louis set sail from the Hamburg-Amerika docks on May 13, bound for Cuba.

  Academic text (2017)

• Anyway, two months after she set sail... she was sighted by a group of fishermen off Tripoli.

  Ghost Ship (2002)

• We enjoyed a relaxing sail along the coast, taking in the beautiful scenery.

Synonyms

J

journey

vssail

∞ 1.1

A long trip from one place to another or a change in someone's life

is a pleasure trip by boat or ship rather than any travel between places

C

cruise

vssail

420 2.8

A journey on a large ship for pleasure that visits several places

is any recreational boat or ship trip rather than large multiport voyages

P

passage

vssail

41 3.8

A journey by ship from one place to another

is specifically a pleasure voyage rather than any ordinary transport between places

S

sailing

vssail

35 1.0

Traveling in a boat that moves using the wind

focuses on a pleasure journey rather than the general sports activity on boats

B

boating

vssail

33 1.0

Going out on a boat for pleasure

is about a pleasure journey itself rather than the general activity on boats

B

boat ride

vssail

16 1.3

A short trip on a boat to see places or for fun

is any pleasure journey by boat or ship not only brief trips

Y

yachting

vssail

5 4.5

Sailing or cruising in a yacht for pleasure

is a general leisure voyage by boat or ship not limited to a specific vessel

S

sailing adventure

vssail

1 3.0

A journey on a boat for fun and exploring new places

is a general pleasure trip without special focus on exploration

O

ocean trip

vssail

1 1.4

A journey across the ocean by ship or boat

is about pleasure travel rather than focusing on long ocean crossings or routes

S

sailboating

vssail

3.2

An activity of moving a boat on water using a large cloth and wind, often for fun or sport

is about a pleasure journey not the general sport or competitive use

M

motorboating

vssail

3.2

Traveling in a boat with a motor for fun or transport

describes a pleasure journey by boat rather than motor powered activity focus

Antonyms

G

going ashore

10 3.5

Leaving a boat or ship to step onto land

Idioms

U

under sail

• Specialized

1 4.8

A boat with sails set that moves by wind

S

to sail close to the wind

• Informal

1 8.1

To do something risky that almost breaks rules or laws

S

to sail under false colors

• Informal

8.4

To pretend to be someone else to trick people

Compounds

F

full sail

1 5.6

To work as fast and as hard as possible

S

square sail

• Archaic

1 8.5

A four-sided piece of cloth hung on a bar across a ship's mast to catch the wind

B

balloon sail

• Specialized

7.4

A large light sail set to catch the wind and make a boat go faster

F

fore-and-aft sail

• Specialized

8.6

A sail set along the length of a boat rather than across it

L

lateen sail

• Specialized

9.1

A triangular sail attached to a long slanted pole on a boat

G

gaff-headed sail

• Specialized

9.9

A four-sided sail set along the boat with its top held by a sloping pole

S

sail foam

6.7

White bubbles that appear on the water behind a moving sailboat

P

press of sail

• Archaic

9.9

The most sail a ship can safely carry in the current weather

T

topgallant sail

• Specialized

9.9

A sail set high above the topsail on a sailing ship's mast

How Long

voyage

154 3.1

cruise

420 2.8

sail

38 1.4

boat ride

16 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology