Sail

What do we mean by sail?

A piece of fabric sewn together and fitted to the spars and rigging of a vessel so as to convert the force of the wind into forward motion of the vessel. noun

The sails of a ship or boat. noun

A narrow fairwater supporting the bridge of a submarine. noun

A sailing vessel. noun

A trip or voyage in a sailing craft. noun

Something, such as the blade of a windmill, that resembles a sail in form or function. noun

To move across the surface of water, especially by means of a sailing vessel. intransitive verb

To travel by water in a vessel. intransitive verb

To start out on such a voyage or journey. intransitive verb

To operate a sailing craft, especially for sport. intransitive verb

To move along or progress smoothly or effortlessly. intransitive verb

To move along through the air. intransitive verb

To navigate or manage (a vessel). intransitive verb

To voyage upon or across. intransitive verb

To attack or criticize vigorously. phrasal verb

(under sail) With the sails up; sailing. idiom

To dance.

To assail.

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.

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

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

A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

(plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

The blade of a windmill.

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

The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.

A sailfish.

An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids

Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

Words that are spelled similarly to sail:
sail.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sail:
mainsail, spinnaker, gaff, jib, downwind, sails, rigged, rig, mast, rigging, sailing, schooner, yacht, voyage, sailors, boats, boat, propulsion, sailed, vessel, frigate, ships, sailor, wind, seas, ship, convoy, aboard, bermuda, vessels, strait, cruise, boom, fleet, hull, craft, winds, spacecraft, steam, crew, indies, harbor, harbour, laser, cape, cargo, mediterranean, arrived, plymouth, hms, bow, lift, port, anchor, deck, landed, waters, ocean, admiral, sea, submarine, yard, destination, solar, caribbean, maritime, departed, journey, faster, bound, coast, pearl, tall, expedition.

Words that rhyme with sail:
scale, rail, pale, hail, entail, trail, mail, avail, email, whale, sale, detail, tail, prevail, nail, bail, cocktail, fail, curtail, ale, tale, veil, assail, hale, retail, stale, gale, bale, frail, quail, travail, vale, wail, male, dovetail, blackmail, flail, wholesale, swale, zale, telltale, voicemail, pail, dale, ail, braille, kale, grail, shale, jail, female, upscale, snail, wale, vail, derail, unveil, impale, exhale, yale, surveil, fairytale, inhale, abigail, holy grail, foxtail, quale, cale, gmail, guardrail, ponytail, thumbnail, handrail, brail, greenmail, gael, dwale, gail, coattail, dail, orrell, toenail, resale, monorail, fantail, martingale, airedale, horsetail, clydesdale, countervail, folktale, airmail, soleil, hobnail, biennale, faille, kail, calle, salle, shail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sail:
full, white, more, main, strange, easy, large, lateen, small, single, top, triangular, little, much, short, aft, solar, big, square, distant, gallant, shortened, pleasant, lower, black, plain, five, huge, red, six, two, studding, seven, four, three, possible, brown, furled, reefed, delightful, mizzen, broad, topgallant, light, lug, mutton, wet, tiny, day, made, eight, spare, snowy, rectangular, tattered, smaller, threadbare, maintop, loose, solitary, purple, proud, foretop, tall, friendly, nine, suspicious, torn, enough, quiet, wind, rigged.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sail:
cloth, boat, boats, maker, yard, makers, plan, making, area, booms, loft, yards, boom, line, power, room, locker, vessels, set, halyards, training, ships, breeze, fish, trimmers, handling, cloths, needle, away, lofts, sheets, right, ship, schooner, duck, vessel, spread, craft, gear, needles, halliards, drill, rig, sheet, zone, steam, mast, canvas, fishes, planes, tackle, plane, home, tack, rope, mats, fast, ropes, plans, twine, jibs, ahoy, bent, bag, split, shape, motor, loosers, aback, tacks, masts, jib, haulyards, tonnage, fluke, carrying, trim, haul, wings, tent, seas, poles, filling, covers, cover, ing, braces, brigs, theline, rent, fin.

Consonant match to sail:
cell, seal, soul, sole, sale, sell, soil, sol, sill, sal, cel, sil, saul, seel, seoul, sel, ciel, scyle, salle, sall, cele, seil, soule, celle, sul, selle, saale, searle, soll, soyle, seale, searl, sowle, sahl, sayle, saal, sohl.

Words that sound like sail:
sail, sale, salle, saile, sayle, sael, soul, cell, sell, soil, seal, sole, sill, sal, sol, saul, sel, soal, sil, seel, seoul, cel, sile, syle, cele, sall, sul, stle, cil, sull, ciel, soule, cill, ceil, cile, sool, soll, seale, seul, ceal, syl, sule, saal, selle, sowl, seil, sele, psl, celle, seele, sowle, sahl, siel, cyl, sohl, syll, psle, ssl, saule, scyle, tsl, suhl, scil, soyle, tsol, zale, say, scale, sailor, sales, se, sails, sailed, sey, assail, sae, sailer, seo, saylor, seay, sei, saye, sayo, asail, saler, saol, saily, seye, sej, salse, cei, sayler, serail, skl, say i, salce, sayles, seyler, pseo, scl.