sail has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation,clothing
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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water)

Examples

"We sailed the Atlantic" "He sailed the Pacific all alone"

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

Nearly twenty-five years before , Captain_John_Davis had noted , as he sailed near the Arctic_Circle , `` a very great gulf , the water whirling and roaring , as_it_were the meeting of tides '' .

In 1602 , George_Waymouth , in the same little Discovery that Hudson now commanded , had sailed 300 miles up the strait before his frightened men turned the ship back .

Hudson now proposed to sail all_the_way through and test the seas beyond for the long sought waterway .

Worse , his present crew included five men who had sailed with him before .

But men willing to sail at_all into waters where wooden ships could be crushed like eggs were hard to find .

Related terms

travel sailor cruise

2
[ verb ] move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

Synonyms

sweep

Examples

"The diva swept into the room" "Shreds of paper sailed through the air" "The searchlights swept across the sky"

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

Hudson now proposed to sail all_the_way through and test the seas beyond for the long sought waterway .

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[ noun ] (nautical,clothing) a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

Synonyms

canvass sheet canvas

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Both of them had known the feeling of the small life in her waiting , ready , for the two of them to run_up her sails .

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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) an ocean trip taken for pleasure

Synonyms

cruise

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

In_fact , Hudson 's sail up the Great_North_River had disposed of one of the last hopes .

Related terms

ocean_trip voyage cruise

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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) travel in a boat propelled by wind

Examples

"I love sailing, especially on the open sea"

Used in print

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

One did one 's best and if fortune frowned , an eighteen year old boy with murder in his heart sailed aboard one 's ship .

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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means

Synonyms

navigate voyage

Examples

"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

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