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Meaning
Noun
●
In 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.
●
In Nautical:
The
concept
of a
sail
or
sails
,
as if
a substance.
●
The power
harnessed
by a
sail
or
sails
, or the use of this power for
travel
or transport.
●
A
trip
in a
boat
, especially a sailboat.
●
A
sailing vessel
; a
vessel
of any kind; a craft.
●
In Nautical:
The
conning tower
of a submarine.
●
The
blade
of a windmill.
●
A tower-like structure
found on
the
dorsal
(topside)
surface
of submarines.
●
The
floating
organ
of
siphonophores
, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
●
In Fishing:
A sailfish.
●
In Paleontology:
an
outward
projection
of the
spine
,
occurring
in certain
dinosaurs
and synapsids
●
Anything
resembling
a
sail
, such as a wing.
●
Acronym of
snow
avalanche
impact landform.
Verb
●
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.
●
To
move
through or on the water; to
swim
, as a
fish
or a waterfowl.
●
To
ride
in a
boat
, especially a sailboat.
●
To
set sail
; to
begin
a voyage.
●
To
move
briskly
and
gracefully
through the air.
●
To
move
briskly
but sedately.
●
In Card games:
To
deal out
(cards) from a
distance
by
impelling
them across a surface.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
sail
English
segel
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
seglian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Ale
Ail
Hale
Veil
Pail
Fail
Gale
Sale
Wail
Yale
Rail
Pale
Tail
Vale
Gail
Sail
Wale
Dale
Vail
Tale
Gaol
Bale
Bail
Dale
Male
Nail
Tael
Mail
Baal
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Hail
Brail
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Quail
Scale
Swale
Spale
Drail
Whale
Stale
Frail
Skail
Shale
Dwale
Trail
Flail
Avail
Email
Asail
Grail
Snail
Aumail
Engaol
Impale
Rerail
Unveil
Derail
Squail
Regale
Faille
Empale
Inhale
Exhale
Retail
Bewail
Assail
Detail
Entail
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Surveil
Travail
They'Ll
Braille
Curtail
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Oversail
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Overveil
Resurveil
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Thumbnail
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