sail
/seɪl/
ot noun
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(nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
Take in sail: a storm is coming.
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A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
Let's go for a sail.
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(plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
Twenty sail were in sight.
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A sailfish.
We caught three sails today.
fe’l verb
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To set sail; to begin a voyage.
We sail for Australia tomorrow.
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To move briskly.
The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.
- 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.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.