Noun
Wind filled the sails and our journey had begun.
raising and lowering the ship's sails
a sail to San Francisco Verb
We'll sail along the coast.
He sailed around the world on a luxury liner.
She sailed the Atlantic coastline.
She's sailing a boat in tomorrow's race.
The ship was sailed by a crew of 8.
I've been sailing since I was a child.
a ship that has sailed the seven seas
We sat on the shore watching boats sail by.
We sail at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
They sail for San Francisco next week.
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Guests can set sail on a private catamaran with Pelican Adventures, wander through conservation sites like Parke Nacional Arikok, Spaans Lagoen, or the Balashi Gold Mill Ruins, or opt into community-centric programs like Iberostar’s beach clean-ups and coral nursery initiative.—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 The ship set sail on a Japan and Hawaii cruise on March 16, per CruiseMapper.—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
Hernández swung, held his bat out wide and posed as the ball sailed over the center-field wall.—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 It was ordered by the Pentagon to sail to the Middle East amid escalating strikes on the Houthi rebels in Yemen.—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sail
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English segl; akin to Old High German segal sail
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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