Sail
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.
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
A wing; a van.
The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
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.
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
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.
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
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Sail Quotations
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.
John F. Kennedy
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
Alexander Pope
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
Aeschylus
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
William Penn
We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.
Blaise Pascal
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
Sail Translations
sail in Afrikaans is seil
sail in Danish is sejl, sejle
sail in Dutch is zeilen
sail in Finnish is purje
sail in French is voile, cingler
sail in German is segeln, Segel, Segel
sail in Italian is veleggiare
sail in Latin is no, velum
sail in Spanish is derrame
sail in Swedish is segla, avsegla, segel
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