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SAIL definition: 1. When a boat or a ship sails, it travels on the water: 2. to control a boat that has no engine…. Learn more.
1. a (1) : an extent of fabric (such as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a ship through water. (2) : the sails of a ship. b. plural usually sail : a ship equipped with sails. 2. : an extent of fabric used in propelling a wind-driven vehicle (such as an iceboat) 3. : something that resembles a sail.
Sail definition: 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.. See examples of SAIL used in a sentence.
Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along. The white sails billow with the breezes they catch.
SAIL meaning: 1. When a boat or a ship sails, it travels on the water: 2. to control a boat that has no engine…. Learn more.
A sail is the big piece of cloth attached to a mast that propels a sailboat through the water by catching the wind. Part of learning to sail a boat is learning how to use the sails. Most sailboats have two sails, the mainsail and the jib or headsail on the front of the boat.
sail. a piece of canvas or other fabric extended on rigging to catch the wind and propel a sailing vessel; an apparatus that catches the wind on a windmill; to move along or travel over water.
noun. /seɪl/. /seɪl/. Idioms. [countable, uncountable]a sheet of strong cloth which the wind blows against to make a boat or ship travel through the water. As the boat moved down the river the wind began to fill the sails. under saila ship under sail (= using sails)
Definition of sail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SAIL meaning: 1. to travel in a boat or a ship: 2. to control a boat that has no engine and is pushed by the…. Learn more.
