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noun
1.
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
2.
some similar piece or apparatus, as the part of an arm that catches the wind on a windmill.
3.
a voyage or excursion, especially in a sailing vessel: They went for a sail around the island.
4.
a sailing vessel or ship.
5.
EXPANDsailing vessels collectively: The fleet numbered 30 sail.
6.
sails for a vessel or vessels collectively.
7.
COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Vela.
verb (used without object)
8.
to move along or travel over water: steamships sailing to Lisbon.
9.
to manage a sailboat, especially for sport.
10.
to begin a journey by water: We are sailing at dawn.
11.
to move along in a manner suggestive of a sailing vessel: caravans sailing along.
12.
to move along in a stately, effortless way: to sail into a room.
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Sails
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase13.
to sail upon, over, or through: to sail the seven seas.
14.
to navigate (a vessel).
15.
Idiomssail in/into, Informal.
a.
to go vigorously into action; begin to act; attack.
b.
to attack verbally: He would sail into his staff when work was going badly.
16.
in sail, with the sails set.
17.
make sail, Nautical.
a.
to set the sail or sails of a boat or increase the amount of sail already set.
b.
to set out on a voyage: Make sail for the Leeward Islands.
18.
set sail, to start a sea voyage: We set sail at midnight for Nantucket.
19.
trim one's sails, Informal. to cut expenses; economize: We're going to have to trim our sails if we stay in business.
20.
under sail, with sails set; in motion; sailing: It was good to be under sail in the brisk wind and under the warm sun.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English sail(e), seille, Old English segl; cognate with German Segel, Old Norse segl; (v.) Middle English seillen, saylen, Old English siglan, seglian; cognate with Dutch zeilen, Old Norse sigla
before 900; (noun) Middle English sail(e), seille, Old English segl; cognate with German Segel, Old Norse segl; (v.) Middle English seillen, saylen, Old English siglan, seglian; cognate with Dutch zeilen, Old Norse sigla
Related forms
sail·a·ble, adjective
sail·less, adjective
un·sail·a·ble, adjective
un·sailed, adjective
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sail
O.E. segl, from P.Gmc. *seglom (cf. Swed. segel, O.N. segl, O.Fris. seil, Du. zeil, O.H.G. segal, Ger. Segel), of obscure origin with no known cognates outside Gmc. Ir. seol, Welsh hwyl "sail" are Gmc. loan-words. Sometimes referred to PIE root *sek- "to cut," as if meaning "a cut piece of cloth." The
EXPANDverb is O.E. segilan, from the same Gmc. source (cf. O.N. sigla, M.L.G. segelen, Ger. segeln).
COLLAPSE
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