to sail around
- phrasal verb
- /seɪl əˈraʊnd/
- Without the support of my family and with barely enough money, I sailed around Cape Horn to California.
- sail around the world
It's not just to sail around for its own sake.
- It's not just to sail around for its own sake.
- They let us slip through the risky zone and we were able to sail around the dangerous reefs.
Examples
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My father sailed around the world solo.
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All the globe-hopping we've done, and you want to sail around the world.
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We're gonna sail around the island.
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If we're not here, he'll sail around the island.
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He'll have to sail around for hours till he finds a harbor.
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Nancy and I are retiring... ...and sailing around the world on my boat.
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Against his father's better judgment, he is sailing around the world.
Academic text (2002) -
Nina and I like to sail around the islands.
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I've always wanted to sail around the Greek islands.
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Last summer, we decided to sail around the beautiful Greek islands on our yacht.
Synonyms
To travel on water in a boat, often using large fabric to catch wind
To move around something in a circle
Move around something following a curved path
Plan and control the route of a vehicle like a ship or plane
Move in a round path around someone or something
To drive slowly around an area without a specific destination
To travel on water in a small vehicle like a rowboat or motorboat
To travel all the way around something, for example the world, by ship or plane
To travel in a narrow light boat using a paddle
To travel by ship or boat over a long distance
To travel all the way around something, for example the world or an island
To travel on a large pleasure boat for fun
To drive a boat with a motor on water
Move around something or someone in a circle
To stand on a board with a sail and move across water using wind
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to travel by boat in a circuit or around a place' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sail' (to go by boat) with 'around' (in a circular path or around something), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning. This motion verb + directional adverb pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically, making the construction immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Sail around paints a simple picture: imagine a boat going all the way around an island, coast, or lake. Because sail means to travel by boat and around shows going in a circle or following a route, the phrase means 'to go around a place by boat'.