Sail
Definition of Sail
n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail. | | 3. | A wing; a van. | | 4. | The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. | | 5. | A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. | | 6. | A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.Sail fluke | (Zool.) the whiff. |
To crowd sail | (Naut.) See under Crowd. |
To shorten sail | (Naut.) to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. |
| v. i. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. | | 3. | To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton. | | 4. | To set sail; to begin a voyage. | | 5. | To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird. | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through. | | 3. | To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship. |
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