Sail can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| sail - travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" | ||
| sail - traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone" | ||
| sail - travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" | ||
| sail - move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky" | ||
Noun |
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| sail - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | ||
| sail - any structure that resembles a sail | ||
| sail - an ocean trip taken for pleasure |
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| 1. | verb | The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow. | |
| 2. | verb | (Two people in a cabin will spend more onboard, so cruise lines charge you more to sail alone. | |
| 3. | verb | and no you cannot customize an itinerary unless you book several different legs of a cruise with stops in between on shore.. say book a Panamal Canal crossing, then fly to Asia and pick it up again and sail to India then fly to Europe to sail the Med before flying to England to hit the Transatlantic corssing. | |
| 4. | verb | Some cruise aficionados refuse to sail on one or the other. | |
| 5. | verb | We began to sail in the direction of the port. | |
| 6. | verb | Sail along the coast. | |
| 7. | verb | Clouds sail across the sky. | |
| 8. | verb | Then you can sail away. | |
| 9. | verb | It is very pleasant to sail these waters. | |
| 10. | verb | We sail for San Francisco on Monday. | |
| 11. | verb | I've always hoped to sail across the Pacific in a yacht. | |
| 12. | verb | I'd like to sail around the world. | |
| 13. | verb | The ship is about to sail for Manila tomorrow. | |
| 14. | verb | The Daito-maru is scheduled to sail at 4:00. | |
| 15. | verb | It took courage to sail across the Pacific single-handed. | |
| 16. | noun | The sail tightened in the strong wind. | |
| 17. | noun | The ship will set sail for Hong Kong tomorrow at 3 p.m. | |
| 18. | noun | The ship will set sail at noon. | |
| 19. | noun | The ship set sail only to sink two days later. | |
| 20. | noun | The ship is about to set sail. | |
| 21. | noun | The ship set sail. | |
| 22. | noun | The yacht is under smooth sail. | |
| 23. | noun | The wind blew against the sail. | |
| 24. | noun | Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. | |
| 25. | noun | Can you see a sail on the horizon? | |
| 26. | noun | The ship set sail for Bombay. | |
| 27. | noun | The ship set sail only to be wrecked two days after. | |
| 28. | noun | They set sail for New York yesterday. | |
| 29. | noun | They will set sail for Bombay next Monday. | |
| 30. | noun | Was he quick with the sail? |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow. |
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| (Two people in a cabin will spend more onboard, so cruise lines charge you more to sail alone. |
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| and no you cannot customize an itinerary unless you book several different legs of a cruise with stops in between on shore.. say book a Panamal Canal crossing, then fly to Asia and pick it up again and sail to India then fly to Europe to sail the Med before flying to England to hit the Transatlantic corssing. |
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| Some cruise aficionados refuse to sail on one or the other. |
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| We began to sail in the direction of the port. | |
| Sail along the coast. | |
| Clouds sail across the sky. | |
| Then you can sail away. | |
| It is very pleasant to sail these waters. | |
| We sail for San Francisco on Monday. | |
| I've always hoped to sail across the Pacific in a yacht. | |
| I'd like to sail around the world. | |
| The ship is about to sail for Manila tomorrow. | |
| The Daito-maru is scheduled to sail at 4:00. | |
| It took courage to sail across the Pacific single-handed. | |
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| The sail tightened in the strong wind. | |
| The ship will set sail for Hong Kong tomorrow at 3 p.m. | |
| The ship will set sail at noon. | |
| The ship set sail only to sink two days later. | |
| The ship is about to set sail. | |
| The ship set sail. | |
| The yacht is under smooth sail. | |
| The wind blew against the sail. | |
| Hoist your sail when the wind is fair. | |
| Can you see a sail on the horizon? | |
| The ship set sail for Bombay. | |
| The ship set sail only to be wrecked two days after. | |
| They set sail for New York yesterday. | |
| They will set sail for Bombay next Monday. | |
| Was he quick with the sail? | |