The Meaning of sail

• (n.) An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
• (n.) Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
• (n.) A wing; a van.
• (n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
• (n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
• (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
• (n.) 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 the action of steam or other power.
• (n.) To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
• (n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
• (n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
• (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
• (v. t.) To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
• (v. t.) To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
• (v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.

Synonyms

rag , canvas tent , bed sheet , public opinion poll , weather sheet , plane , sheet , flat solid , tack , sheet of paper , canvass , shroud , poll , tabloid , mainsheet , canvas , opinion poll , piece of paper , cruise , sweep , voyage , navigate , span , traverse , cross , drag , embroil , sweep up , tangle , brush , swing out , swing , drag in , broom , pilot , travel , journey

Homophones

sale , salle , sayle

Rhymes

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