Sail

  • 41sail — [OE] Sail has numerous relatives in the other Germanic languages, among them German and Swedish segel, Dutch zeil, and Danish sejl. These all come from a prehistoric Germanic *seglam, which some have traced back to an Indo European *seklom. This… …

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  • 42sail — I. v. n. 1. Make sail, put to sea, get under way, set sail, begin a voyage. 2. Pass by water. 3. Swim. 4. Fly smoothly. 5. Glide, float. II. v. a. Navigate …

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  • 43sail — verb 1) we sailed across the Atlantic Syn: voyage, travel, navigate, cruise 2) we sail tonight Syn: set sail, put to sea, leave, weigh anchor 3) who is sailing the ship? …

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  • 44sail — is. <ər.> Dilənçi, yolçu. Hüsnün sadağası, canın zəkatı; Sail olan binəvayə düşərmi? A. Ə.. <Pəri xanım:> Dost, aşna, qonaq və sail üzünə həmişə bu qapı açıq olub. Ə. H …

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  • 45sail — [OE] Sail has numerous relatives in the other Germanic languages, among them German and Swedish segel, Dutch zeil, and Danish sejl. These all come from a prehistoric Germanic *seglam, which some have traced back to an Indo European *seklom. This… …

    Word origins

  • 46sail — See: SET SAIL, RAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE S SAILS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47sail — See: SET SAIL, RAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE S SAILS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48sail — blow line (a light line used in angling that is carried by the wind, only the live or artificial bait touching the water surface. Called sail as it catches the wind) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 49-sail — speed sail …

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  • 50sail in — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To start work on vigorously: attack, go at, tackle, wade in (or into). Idiom: hop to it. See WORK. II verb See sail …

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