Noun
Wind filled the sails and our journey had begun.
raising and lowering the ship's sails
a sail to San Francisco Verb
We'll sail along the coast.
He sailed around the world on a luxury liner.
She sailed the Atlantic coastline.
She's sailing a boat in tomorrow's race.
The ship was sailed by a crew of 8.
I've been sailing since I was a child.
a ship that has sailed the seven seas
We sat on the shore watching boats sail by.
We sail at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
They sail for San Francisco next week.
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As the ball sails over his head, a simple knock down from Iliman Ndiaye allowed Idrissa Gueye to finish first time.—Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 Still, Swift’s straight sales edged Adele’s by only about 100,000, and Adele didn’t have the wind of myriad vinyl variants in her sales sails.—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
Next summer, the Star Princess will be the first Sphere-class ship to sail Alaska, where half of Princess’s fleet spends its summers.—Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau might be in the cards for the most unexpected couple this year, but the new couple is sailing full steam ahead.—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sail
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English segl; akin to Old High German segal sail
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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