Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
- 3noun
A wing; a van.
- 4noun
The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
- 5noun
A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- 6noun
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
- 7noun
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.
- 8noun
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
- 9noun
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
- 10noun
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- 11noun
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
- 12transitive 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.
- 13transitive verb
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
- 14transitive verb
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
- 15noun
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
Synonyms
- 16noun
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- 17noun
any structure that resembles a sail
- 18verb
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
- 19verb
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
"We sailed the Atlantic"
"He sailed the Pacific all alone"
- 20verb
move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
"The diva swept into the room"
"Shreds of paper sailed through the air"
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- 21verb
travel on water propelled by wind
"I love sailing, especially on the open sea"
"the ship sails on"
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