Sail Definition
- ride the storm
- soar
- skim
- float
- glide
- begin a voyage
- leave
- set-sail
- get under way
- make sail
- put out to sea
- put to sea
- take ship
- weigh-anchor
- plow the deep
- With the sails up; sailing.
- to sail a course that slants slightly away from the true direction of the wind; sail closehauled
- to work under difficulties or against direct opposition
- to sail as nearly as possible straight against the wind
- to be economical in one's affairs
- to hoist the sails in preparation for departure
- to start out on a voyage by water
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sail
- under sail
- make sail
- sail against the wind
- sail close to the wind
- set sail
- take in sail
- under sail
Origin of Sail
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From Old English seġel, from Proto-Germanic *seglą (compare earlier Middle Low German segel and later Low German sail), cognate with Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl), from pre-Germanic/Celtic sek-lo (compare Welsh hwyl, Irish séol), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- 'to cut'. More at saw.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English seil from Old English segl Sail into from obsolete sail to attack from Middle English sailen short for assailen assail
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English seġlian, cognate to earlier Middle Low German segelen and its descendant Low German sailen.
From Wiktionary
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