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What does the word sail mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To manage, as a ship, on the water; navigate.

Part of speech: verb

To move, as in a vessel propelled by sails; travel by water; set sail; float, as a cloud.

Part of speech: noun

A piece of canvas, etc., supported by a mast of a vessel, to secure its propulsion by the wind.

Part of speech: noun

A sailing vessel or craft.

Part of speech: noun

A trip in a vessel.

Usage examples for sail

How can ships sail this way and that? – How to Live a Holy Life by C. E. Orr
" That means a sail going up," said Robert. – The Voodoo Gold Trail by Walter Walden
I always feel like saying to him, 'Sail on, sail on, oh, Ship of State! – Patty's Suitors by Carolyn Wells

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