SAIL

v. cruise in a sailboat, take a trip in a sailing ship; drive a sailboat, operate and navigate a sailing ship

n. 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

A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind — in essence a vertically-oriented wing. Sails are used in sailing.
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A Sail is a piece of fabric used to catch the wind and propel a boat. Sail or SAIL may also refer to:Sail (letter), a letter of the Ogham alphabetSAIL Amsterdam, a tallship event held every five years in the NetherlandsSail Bremerhaven, also a big maritime event Steel Authority of India Limited, India's largest steel makerthe Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratorythe main time-sharing computer at SAIL, which ran WAITSthe SAIL programming language, created at SAILShuttle Avionics Integration LaboratorySail (submarine), the tower-like structure on the topside of submarines.Sail, Pekanbaru, a subdistrict of Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia(Palaeozoology) A structure consisting of an elongation of the dorsal vertebrae joined by skin to give a sail-like appearance, as exemplified by several of the Pelycosauria and some of the Dinosauria (several of the Spinosauridae, Ouranosaurus, possibly Rebbachisaurus)SAIL High School, a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida.Sail (Lake District), a hill in the English Lake DistrictSail (novel), a 2008 mystery novel by James Patterson
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Noun
1. a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
(synonym) canvas, canvass, sheet
(hypernym) piece of cloth, piece of material
(hyponym) balloon sail
(part-holonym) sailing vessel, sailing ship
2. an ocean trip taken for pleasure
(synonym) cruise
(hypernym) ocean trip, voyage
(derivation) voyage, navigate
Verb
1. traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
(hypernym) travel, journey
(derivation) cruise
2. 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"
(synonym) sweep
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) swan
(see-also) breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
(verb-group) brush, sweep
3. travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"
(hypernym) boat
(hyponym) run
(derivation) cruise
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting
4. travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
(synonym) voyage, navigate
(hypernym) travel, journey
(hyponym) astrogate
(derivation) cruise

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
  

(v. t.)
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
  

(n.)
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
  

(n.)
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
  

(n.)
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
  

(n.)
The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
  

(n.)
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A wing; a van.
  

(n.)
A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
  

(n.)
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
  

1. <body, education> Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
2.  Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language.
3. An early system on the Larc computer.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
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