sail

noun

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.
(nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
Take in sail: a storm is coming.
The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
Let's go for a sail.
(plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
Twenty sail were in sight.
The blade of a windmill.
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
A sailfish.
We caught three sails today.
An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

verb

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.
To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
We sail for Australia tomorrow.
To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
To move briskly.
The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.

The plural form of sail is: sails.
Languages in which sail is used:
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- English
- Portuguese

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