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sail

English

  1. 🔊 a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
  2. 🔊 any structure that resembles a sail
  3. 🔊 an ocean trip taken for pleasure
  4. 🔊 traverse or travel on (a body of water)
    “We sailed the Atlantic”
  5. 🔊 travel on water propelled by wind
    “I love sailing, especially on the open sea”
  6. 🔊 travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
    “The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow”
  7. 🔊 move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
    “The diva swept into the room”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 vela sail
  2. 🔊 vélico sail
  3. 🔊 paletada sail, blade

Similar words

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