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- Dictionarysail/sāl/
noun
- 1. a piece of material extended on a mast to catch the wind and propel a boat or ship or other vessel: "all the sails were unfurled"
- 2. a wind-catching apparatus, typically one consisting of canvas or a set of boards, attached to the arm of a windmill.
verb
- 1. travel in a boat with sails, especially as a sport or recreation: "Ian took us out sailing on the lake" Similar
- 2. move smoothly and rapidly or in a stately or confident manner: "she sailed into the conference room at 2:30 sharp" Similar
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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.
The meaning of SAIL is an extent of fabric (such as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a ship through water. How to use sail in a sentence.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly and smoothly in a particular direction; (of people) to move in a confident manner. clouds sailing across the sky. The ball sailed over the goalie's head.
noun. /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 sail a ship under sail (= using sails) in the days of sail (= when ships all used sails)
noun. uk / seɪl / us. [ C ] a large piece of material that is fixed to a pole on a boat to catch the wind and make the boat move. set sail. to start a journey by boat or ship. (Definition of sail from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of sail. in Chinese (Traditional) 旅行, （船）航行，行駛, 駕駛帆船… See more.
