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Definition sail

Etymology 1

From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English se?l, from Proto-Germanic *segl? (compare earlier Middle Low German segel and later Low German sail), cognate with Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Norwegian Bokm�l seil, Norwegian Nynorsk segl from pre-Germanic/Celtic sek-lo (compare Welsh hwyl, Irish s�ol), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- 'to cut'. More at saw.

Noun

sail (countable and uncountable, plural sails)

1. (nautical) 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.
2. (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
3. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
4. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
5. (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
6. The blade of a windmill.
7. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
8. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
9. (fishing) A sailfish.
10. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
11. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English se?lian (�to sail�), from Proto-Germanic *segl?n?, *siglijan? (�to sail�). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sailje (�to sail�), German Low German seilen (�to sail�), Dutch zeilen (�to sail�), German segeln (�to sail�), Danish sejle (�to sail�), Swedish segla (�to sail�), Norwegian Bokm�l segle (�to sail�), Icelandic - and Norwegian Nynorsk sigla (�to sail�).

Verb

sail (third-person singular simple present sails, present participle sailing, simple past and past participle sailed)

1. 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.
2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
3. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
5. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
6. To move briskly.

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