What part of speech is sailed?

Sailed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sailed is a verb, past participle of sail (infinitive).
  • 2. sailed is a verb, past simple of sail (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does sailed mean?

Definitions

Verb

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"

Examples of sailed

#   Sentence  
1. verb For our comparison we sailed on two similar ships - the Carnival Liberty and the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas.
2. verb The pirates sailed the seven seas.
3. verb We sailed against the wind.
4. verb The yacht sailed before the wind.
5. verb The yacht sailed around a buoy.
6. verb I have sailed up the Thames once.
7. verb The ship sailed around the cape.
8. verb The boat sailed across the Pacific Ocean.
9. verb The yacht sailed all over the world by using the force of the wind.
10. verb The yacht sailed round a buoy.
11. verb Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.
12. verb "I sailed around the Mediterranean in a schooner when I was seventeen," she recited slowly and carefully.
13. verb We sailed from Yokohama to Kobe.
14. verb The ship sailed up the Thames.
15. verb The ship sailed along the coast.
Sentence  
verb
For our comparison we sailed on two similar ships - the Carnival Liberty and the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas.
The pirates sailed the seven seas.
We sailed against the wind.
The yacht sailed before the wind.
The yacht sailed around a buoy.
I have sailed up the Thames once.
The ship sailed around the cape.
The boat sailed across the Pacific Ocean.
The yacht sailed all over the world by using the force of the wind.
The yacht sailed round a buoy.
Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.
"I sailed around the Mediterranean in a schooner when I was seventeen," she recited slowly and carefully.
We sailed from Yokohama to Kobe.
The ship sailed up the Thames.
The ship sailed along the coast.

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