sail
A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to…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.
» Sailing is fun.
Segeln macht Spaß.
Ходити під парусами весело.
Meaning
12 senses(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
(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
(uncountable)The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
(countable, uncountable)A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
Let's go for a sail.
Törn
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
(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
(countable, uncountable)The conning tower of a submarine.
(countable, uncountable)The blade of a windmill.
Windmühlenflügel
крыло́kryló
(countable, uncountable)A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
Turm
боева́я ру́бкаbojevája rúbka
(countable, uncountable)The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
па́русpárus
(countable, uncountable)A sailfish.
We caught three sails today.
(countable, uncountable)An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
(countable, uncountable)Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
Examples
450 sentencesSailing is fun.
Ходити під парусами весело. — deniko
deSegeln macht Spaß. — Melang
Bad weather prevented them from sailing.
deSchlechtes Wetter hielt sie vom Segeln ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The ship sailed around the cape.
deDas Schiff umsegelte das Kap. — Tamy
I belong to the sailing club.
ruЯ принадлежу к яхт-клубу. — Lenin_1917
deIch gehöre zum Segelklub. — Alois
All the sails were taken down.
ruВсе паруса были убраны. — soweli_Elepanto
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West GermaFrom 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: sailsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
71 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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