sail

sail is a 4-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
2. noun. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
3. noun. A wing; a van.
4. noun. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
5. noun. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
6. noun. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
7. noun. 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 the action of steam or other power.
8. noun. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
9. noun. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
10. noun. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
11. noun. To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
12. transitive verb. To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
13. transitive verb. To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
14. transitive verb. To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
15. noun. an ocean trip taken for pleasure

    Synonyms: cruise

16. noun. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

    Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sheet

17. noun. any structure that resembles a sail
18. verb. travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

    "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

    Synonyms: navigate, voyage

19. verb. traverse or travel on (a body of water)

    "We sailed the Atlantic"

    "He sailed the Pacific all alone"

20. verb. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

    "The diva swept into the room"

    "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"

    Synonyms: sweep

21. verb. travel on water propelled by wind

    "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"

    "the ship sails on"

Synonyms

cruise, canvas, canvass, sheet, navigate, voyage, sweep

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sail:

ails, lasi, lias, lisa, sial

Common word forms

sails, sailed, sailer, sailing, sailable, sailless

Words from these letters

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