Meaning of sail | Babel Free

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1. 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.
   countable, uncountable
2. Acronym of snow avalanche impact landform.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. To attack or criticize vigorously: sailed into the workmen for the shoddy job they were doing.
4. The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
   uncountable
5. Nautical With the sails up; sailing.
   Nautical
6. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
   uncountable
7. To start work on vigorously:attack, go at, tackle, wade in (or into).
8. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
   countable, uncountable
9. To set upon with violent force:aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, storm, strike.
10. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
    countable, dated, uncountable
11. a windsurfer. windplankryer راكِب الأمواج، مُتَزَلِّج على المَوْج уиндсърф prancha de windsurf surf das Surfbrett sejlbræt ιστιοσανίδα plancha de windsurf purjelaudur قايق بادي purjelauta planche à voile גַלשָן רוּחַ पालनाव daska za jedrenje szörf(deszka) papan luncur/selancar tavola da windsurf ウインドサーフィン用セールボード 소형 요트 burlentė vējdēlis luncur angin windsurfer, zeilplank seilbrett deska windsurfingowa بېړۍ виндсёрфер surf (doska s plachtou) jadralna deska surfer vindsurfbräda กระดานโต้คลื่น ye...
12. The conning tower of a submarine.
    countable, uncountable
13. the activity or sport of navigating a ship or boat that has sails. Sailing is one of his hobbies. seil إبْحار плаване navegação à vela plachtění das Segeln sejlads ιστιοπλοΐαnavegación a vela, vela purjetamine قايقراني purjehdus navigationשייט जल यात्रा jedrenje vitorlázás pelayaran sigling navigazione 帆走 항행 buriavimas burāšana belayar het zeilen seilsportżeglarstwo بېړۍ چلول velejar navigaţie плавание; парусныи спорт plachtenie jadranje jedrenje segling การแล่นเรือ yelkencilik, yelken sporu ...
14. The blade of a windmill.
    countable, uncountable
15. having a sail or sails. sailing-boat. seil شِراعي плаващ à vela plachetní Segel-... sejl- ιστιοφόρος a vela purje- با قايق بادي purje- à voiles - מִפרִשים पालनाव onaj koji jedri, ima jedra layar segl- a vela 帆のついた－ 돛이 있는 burinis buru- layar zeil- seil- żaglowy, mający żagle بېړۍ à vela cu pânze парусный plachtový na jadra jedriličarski segel-, seglar- เรือใบ yelkenli ... (前綴)有帆的 такий, що має вітрила; пов'язаний з плаванням بادبانی thuyền buồm （前缀）有帆的
16. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
    countable, uncountable
17. a member of a ship's crew whose job is helping to sail a ship. seeman بَحّار، مَلاّح моряк marinheiro námořník der Matrose sømand; matros ναυτικόςmarinero meremees كشتيبان merimies marinמלח नाविक, मल्लाह mornar, pomorac tengerész kelasi sjómaður marinaio, navigatore 水夫 수병 jūrininkas jūrnieks; matrozis anak kapal matroossjømann, matrosmarynarz ماڼو، بېړۍ وان marinheiro marinar моряк námorník mornar mornar seglare, sjöman, matros กะลาสี gemici, denizci 水手 моряк, матрос جہاز کے عملے کا آدمی thủy...
18. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
    countable, uncountable
19. with all the sails spread. The ship was in full sail. in volle seil بِكامِل قُلوعِها، بِكُل الأشْرِعَه с всички платна a todo o pano s plnými plachtami mit vollen Segeln for fulde sejl που πλέει με όλα τα πανιά ανοιγμένα a toda vela, con las velas desplegadas täies purjes بادبانهاي برافراشته täysissä purjeissa toutes voiles dehors בִּמפרָשִים פְּרוּשִים सभी पालों को खोल कर या पूर्ण शक्ति से punim jedrima felvont vitorlákkal dengan semua layar terkembang fullum seglum a vele spiegate 満帆を張って 돛을...
20. A sailfish.
    countable, uncountable
21. Nautical a. A piece of fabric sewn together and fitted to the spars and rigging of a vessel so as to convert the force of the wind into forward motion of the vessel.
    Nautical
22. an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
    countable, uncountable
23. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]”

“Take in sail: a storm is coming.”

“Let's go for a sail.”

“Twenty sail were in sight.”

“"[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes."”

“So furious had been the gusts, that high buildings in town had had the lead stripped off their roofs; and in the country, trees had been torn up, and sails of windmills carried away; and gloomy accounts had come in from the coast, of shipwreck and death.”

“We caught three sails today.”

“Like an eagle […]soaring / / To weather his broad sails.”

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