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sail
What does sail mean?
sail (verb): traverse or travel on (a body of water).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use sail in a sentence?
- I love sailing, especially on the open sea. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce sail?
/seɪl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sail come from?
From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English seġlan, siġlan (“to sail”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglijan, from *siglijaną.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to sail
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “sail” mean?
to use or experience the sense of touch
Not quite: that's what feel means.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
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dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
Not quite: that's what forget means.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
Not quite: that's what visit means.
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