Synonym: coast, cruise, float, glide, navigate, skim. Similar words: nail, mail, jail, rail, trail, retail, fail to, detail. Meaning: [seɪl] n. 1. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel 2. an ocean trip taken for pleasure. v. 1. traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water) 2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions 3. travel in a boat propelled by wind 4. travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means.
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121 She watched the boat sail out to sea until it disappeared over the horizon.
122 Nearly every fortnight we sail right round the island, visiting the west coast caves and picnicking under great cliffs.
123 The fisherman cut their lines and set sail for port, but the sea serpent continued to follow them.
124 However, I saw land some hours later, and I managed to sail the boat to it.
125 It is small wonder that the idea of setting sail for an un-known land grew less and less attractive to him.
126 The ark is vast, designed to float, not sail - and there were no launching problems!
127 I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
128 Usually, they had a single mast stepped amidships and were rigged with a single square sail.
129 Soon after dawn, I set off, having packed away the sail and mast on the Land Rover.
130 Backwards Pretend you are a beginner who has inadvertently forgotten which end of the board is forwards and set sail going backwards.
131 Owing to space restrictions, sail boards are not allowed on charter flights.
132 If they sail independently we have to pay additional yacht insurance and keep a shore based engineer on call to support you.
133 At all events, we set sail from Lowestoft, and by good fortune the Professor was detained on other business.
134 He was saying that he would sail the Channel in his little boat.
135 Boats were able to sail from the river Humber into the village carrying fish and other commodities.
136 Dual batten system A way of saying that the sail can use full or half length battens.
137 They change the angle of attack from acute within the central delta, to near neutral over the outer triangular sail panel.
138 Farther west is the Hudson River, creating the illusion that ocean liners occasionally sail down the street.
139 We would push out the boat(sentencedict.com), hoist the sail and visit the lobster pots and conger lines.
140 It slid to the base of the mast so we could lash down the flapping canvas with extra sail ties.
141 The citizens of Ketchikan were excited to see the huge ship sail into their harbor.
142 The imaginary central point in the sail through which the power of the sail acts.
143 We will broadcast messages from the solar sail which will be relayed to the toys in local languages.
144 Passengers will sail aboard a 95-foot vessel, which accommodates up to 12 passengers.
145 To produce a sail he had ripped apart his military uniform.
145 Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
146 The sea bottom is stony, so we strongly recommend you always sail with something on your feet.
147 Just 33 years ago to sail solo round the world was a very different kind of deal.
148 Two of us have chosen to sail in the calmer waters of librarianship.
149 Heroism of a different order was on the menu of three of the greatest Casanovas of the age of sail.
150 Allow yourself the freedom to fail before you see success sail! RVM