Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

    Segel

    па́русpárus, ветри́лоvetrílo

    вітри́лоvitrýlo, па́русpárus

  2. (uncountable)The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.

    Take in sail: a storm is coming.

    any structure that resembles a sail

  3. (uncountable)The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

    Let's go for a sail.

    Törn

    an ocean trip taken for pleasure

  5. (countable, dated, uncountable)A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

    Twenty sail were in sight.

    a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

  6. (countable, uncountable)The conning tower of a submarine.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The blade of a windmill.

    Windmühlenflügel

    крыло́kryló

  8. (countable, uncountable)A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.

    Turm

    боева́я ру́бкаbojevája rúbka

  9. (countable, uncountable)The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.

    па́русpárus

  10. (countable, uncountable)A sailfish.

    We caught three sails today.

  11. (countable, uncountable)An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids

  12. (countable, uncountable)Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

Examples

450 sentences
  1. Sailing is fun.

    Ходити під парусами весело. — deniko

    deSegeln macht Spaß. — Melang

  2. Bad weather prevented them from sailing.

    deSchlechtes Wetter hielt sie vom Segeln ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The ship sailed around the cape.

    deDas Schiff umsegelte das Kap. — Tamy

  4. I belong to the sailing club.

    ruЯ принадлежу к яхт-клубу. — Lenin_1917

    deIch gehöre zum Segelklub. — Alois

  5. All the sails were taken down.

    ruВсе паруса были убраны. — soweli_Elepanto

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a piece of fabric attached to a boat:
Русский
By meaning 3
a piece of fabric attached to a boat:
the blade of a windmill:
a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
a piece of fabric attached to a boat:
a trip in a boat:
the blade of a windmill:
a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine:

Origin

From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germa

From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel.

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Forms

plural: sails
Singularsail
Pluralsails

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel:canvascanvasssheet
  • an ocean trip taken for pleasure:cruise

Word family

71 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • go sailing
  • go sailing with
  • to go sailing
  • gone gone sailing
  • went sailing together
  • how to sail
  • sailing together
  • gone sailing
  • like sailing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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