sailed

verb

past tense of sail
1
as in ferried
to travel on water in a vessel I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily

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2
as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily sailed through the latest assignment

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3
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze

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Recent Examples of sailed Twice England’s post was struck but when Enzo Fernández’s sublime strike sailed past Jordan Pickford in the 85th minute, there only ever felt like one winner. — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 Mbappé took his last shot in the game’s waning moments, to raucous cheers from the mostly Spanish crowd as the ball sailed over the goalpost. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026 The Greeks’ ship was a real ship that sailed across the Mediterranean. — Valentina Colosimo, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2026 Smith, serving as surveyor of the port of New York, connected him with a wealthy merchant named Samuel Ogden, who often sailed armed vessels to Haiti. — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 Within a minute of coming on for Dani Olmo in the 85th minute, Spain were already targeting Merino with crosses, Pedro Porro flighting one towards him that sailed just over his head. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 11 July 2026 Striker Harry Kane had a free kick just outside the Norway penalty area in the 29th minute, which sailed just above the crossbar. — Russell Lewis, NPR, 11 July 2026 His blast, which sailed just inside the right field foul pole, was the difference as the Padres beat the Diamondbacks 4-1 at Petco Park. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 When Shackleton sailed 800 miles seeking rescue, Wild stayed on Elephant Island with 21 men and dwindling supplies. — Ed Brzychcy, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailed
  1. ferried
  2. flowed
  3. hovered
  4. cruised
  5. drifted
  6. floated
  7. boated
  8. glided
Verb
  • Jet skis ferried survivors back to shore while people on the beach provided first aid.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • Embracing a local landmark, the park course had a ramp styled after Sacramento’s Tower Bridge, the State Fair site’s iconic sky ride ferried guests and skateboarder Nyjah Huston of nearby Davis made a podium at age 31.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of ferried
Verb
  • This let the team observe how water flowed inside, outside, and through the device.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
  • The lace-up breastplate, which resembled a Greek sculpture, flowed into a white and ombré grey beaded bottom.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of flowed
Verb
  • The temperature hit 106 degrees at Chicago’s Midway Airport and hovered between the high 90s and low triple digits for the next five days.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • Dark clouds hovered around the stadium just before kickoff, threatening to delay the start of the game, but Mother Nature apparently is a soccer fan, because the storm veered away.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of hovered
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  • In his first bout at 170 pounds, Makhachev cruised to a decision win over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 in November 2025, easily wresting the UFC welterweight crown from Della Maddalena.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Zebby Matthews cruised through the first four frames, allowing just one run.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026
Definition of cruised
Verb
  • In the days before his Ford Bronco drifted into the path of an oncoming semi-truck, Matt Miller was settling debts.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Microsoft tied itself tightly to OpenAI through a series of investments, but the two companies drifted and became competing with each other after the abrupt 2023 ousting and reinstatement of OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, with little notice to Nadella.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of drifted
Verb
  • These collapses have haunted state Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas), who first floated the idea of an early warning system.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Anderson Cooper, and Erin Burnett, who is someone that White House officials allegedly floated as someone who could be replaced if new ownership takes over.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of floated
Verb
  • Over two partial days and one full day of fishing – roughly 15 hours total – the three of us boated 53 catfish up to 25 pounds.
    — Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Many of the 30,000 tourists last year who boated down the Paraguay River beside the Serra do Amolar, about 60 miles downriver from Porto Jofre, were guests on liveaboard fishing charters.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of boated
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  • An endless procession of black SUVs, Escalades, luxury coaches, polished muscle cars and Uber Blacks glided onto West 31st Street.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Throughout his rise to become the voice of Britain’s populist hard-right, architect of Brexit and chief anti-immigrant activist, any accusations of wrongdoing have largely glided off him.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of glided

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