How to pronounce“sail”in English
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Definitions of “sail”
A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
“When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]”
The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
“Take in sail: a storm is coming.”
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 steam or other power.
“Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, Sailest the placid ocean-plains With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.”
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
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