to sail

Definition of to sail in English English dictionary: The blade of a windmill; A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat
Let's go for a sail.; The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport; A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines; To move briskly and gracefully through the air; 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; The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war; A sailfish
We caught three sails today.; {v} to move with sails, swim, fly, pass; {n} a canvas-sheet, ship, vessel, wing; a rounded hill scrambling - between simple hill walking and actual rock climbing where the use of hand-holds are necessary to make progress over a slope of rocks, boulders and/or scree scree - rock detritus from a crag covering the slopes below said crag scree-running - to run down a slope of scree sgor/sgorr - a sharp, rocky hill or rocky peak sgur/sgurr - a sharp, rocky hill or rocky peak slab - a flat area of rock spindrift - light powder snow blown by the wind stac - a steep, conical hill stack - a free-standing pinnacle of rock stob - a pointed hill stravaig - if you embarked upon 'a stravaig' you'd have a wander through glens and over hills with no set purpose other than to enjoy the walking and take things as they come stuc/stuchd - a little hill jutting out from a larger hill, or a peak, or a cliff, as in An Stuc summit - the highest point of a mountain or hill, the top; An assemblage of cloth cut to various sizes and shapes (i e square and triangular), and designed to catch the wind and use its force to propel a vessel; a jingle, a ditty, a tune [; canvas sheet attached to a boat, as in: The sail caught the wind and we went speeding across the lake; You say a ship sails when it moves over the sea. The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge; To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird; traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"; To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat; A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water; If you sail a boat or if a boat sails, it moves across water using its sails. I shall get myself a little boat and sail her around the world For nearly two hundred miles she sailed on, her sails hard with ice; a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"; To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton; To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through; The extended surface of the arm of a windmill; If a person or thing sails somewhere, they move there smoothly and fairly quickly. We got into the lift and sailed to the top floor see also sailing; To set sail; to begin a voyage; 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; A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft; You may hoist sail Cut your stick, be off Maria saucily says to Viola, dressed in man's apparel- “Will you hoist sail, sir? Here lies your way ” - Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, i 5 To set sail To start on a voyage To strike sail (See Strike ); To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl; To move briskly; A wing; a van; travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; Originaly a lage expanse of cloth used to wind power vessels The term is now used for both the multi kilometer wide photon capturing "Solar Sails" and more recently the Dickerson Field when used by Dickerson effect Drives; A sheet of canvas, framework of slats, or other structure, spread to catch the wind; Sails are large pieces of material attached to the mast of a ship. The wind blows against the sails and pushes the ship along. The white sails billow with the breezes they catch; {i} sheet of fabric used to catch wind and propel a sailboat; cruise, trip in a sailboat; sailboat, sailing ship; set of fabric sails for a sailboat; any device used to catch wind and generate motion; travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea; Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail; {f} cruise in a sailboat, take a trip in a sailing ship; drive a sailboat, operate and navigate a sailing ship; a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel; Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (at Stanford University); 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; an ocean trip taken for pleasure; To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship; When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port. Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World in the Santa Maria; 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 sail close to the wind: see wind; The cover of the kite Sled- A type of kite, much like a parafoil This kite has no cross-spars, no tail, and pulls hard Spar- The sticks that hold the kite up Spine- Spar that runs up and down; travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"; 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"